Read The Candy Corn Contest (1987)

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Author

Patricia Reilly Giff

Genre

Memoir & Autobiography

Series

the kids of the polk street school

Rating

3.55 of 5 Votes: 4

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ISBN

044041072X (ISBN13: 9780440410720)

Language

English

Publisher

yearling

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The Candy Corn Contest (1987) - Plot & Excerpts

When a boy named Richard Best's class has a candy corn jar guessing contest things for him get exciting but the fact that you have to read a page for each guess you make. He goes throught this rough time trying to guess how many in the jar and only has three more day's and he can just taste them. He know he won't win so wishes for his mom to have them at his soon to be Thanksgiving party. Before you know it he has three big candy corn candies. He wonders and wonders if his teacher Ms. Rooney will find out. But suddenlly he gives up the gilt in front of the whole class rite before the guessing starts. Ms. Rooney said it's ok and that a true pilgrim would tell the truth and eat three candy corns. And luckly for his grind Emily that he put three back in the container and wins the whole jar. And is nice enough that sh shares it with the class.I am going to give this book a two because it was good but then boring at the same time. And I would read this book again if I had to because it was atually interesting and probrably has happened some time in my life I just didn't find out.I would recomend this book for slow readers like me first because I enjoyed it myself and second it was easy but not to easy

My sister-in-law was the one who had suggested that I read this one to try and help reach my reading goal before this year ended. Having only 2 days to read 19 books I jumped on the children's book bandwagon to try and reach it, lol. As it turns out this wasn't my first time reading this book. I read it over twenty years ago, back in the fourth grade. Talk about not only a blast from the past but a "dude, you're old" call. I remember not liking this main character much back then and my feelings haven't changed. It's an okay book but not something I would want my kid to read.

What do You think about The Candy Corn Contest (1987)?

This was an easy read. Richard's teacher tells their class about her candy corn contest. Whoever guesses the correct number of pieces in the jar gets the jar. The rules are, "Every time you read a page from your library book, you can take a guess." I found this to be very clever. Richard is also concerned about the sleep-over that he is going to have after Thanksgiving, as one of his friends has a bed-wetting problem. Richard puts himself in a bad situation as he is tempted by the candy corn jar. Richard discovers that his bed-wetting friend turns out to be a great friend and that when you make a mistake you can make it right. I would classify subjects in this book as:1. contests2. estimating3. reading4. Thanksgiving5. bed-wetting6. honesty7. caring8. friendship Pg. 8 has a simile, "She was wearing red sneakers. Her legs looked like Slim Jim pretzels"
—Janine Parsons