Have you ever had or met a teacherless class? What did it feel like? Did you still learn anything?"Flying Solo" is a book in which a class is suddenly left teacherless for a whole Friday. The class is in sixth grade, and they are going to prove that they can run the class by themselves. One of the classmates, Tommy Feathers died in October. Rachel White, another classmate, has been communicating only by writing notes since his death.
The author is Ralph Fletcher. He writes in a style that I love. He replaces simple words with more interesting phrases to describe people doing actions. For instance, when Ralph wants to say "he/she walked quickly out of somewhere" he says "he/she wheeled out of somewhere".
The part of the book that I thought was the most exciting(and a little bit funny too) was the rock (closure) ritual which starts at 1:40pm. The way it goes is a departing student chooses a rock and all the others take turns holding that rock and share a memory about that departing student.
One of the personal connections in this book was when Tommy died. In 2015 my great grandmother died. We celebrated her 95th birthday the year before. It was a piece of sorrowful memory.
"Flying Solo" is one of the best and funniest books that I've ever read! I may keep this book until the very last day of my life.
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