The Last Holiday Concert

A must read for any music teacher. This book tells the story of a school that is ending its music program and what the students go through because of it.

This book was a really good quick read. It was short and sweet.

I think this book was a grate comedy but it was really a bummer how he didn't make a really good ending HE COULD OF FINISH.

Sixth grader Hart Evans is the most popular boy in his class. He’s confident, easy-going, and, according to some eleven-year-old girls in the story, pretty easy on the eyes. He loves everything about school and what it means for his reputation - everything except chorus. He thinks it’s boring

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and embarrassing and one day, as an indirect result from a prank he plays on the director, he finds himself in charge of the upcoming holiday concert. Will Hart be able to pull the rowdy chorus together in time? Will his popularity be compromised when he has to make unpopular choices for the concert? Author Andrew Clements explores themes of peace, cooperation, leadership and, of course, popularity in his early young adult book about middle school in “The Last Holiday Concert”. His language is easy-to-read and the book moves quickly, making it a good choice for readers newer to chapter books. The main character, Hart, is likeable and human and will appeal to reading boys – which is always a find in young adult fiction. The ending gets a little maudlin but as that reflects so much of what middle school represents for most children, it still rings true for its audience. Recommended for ages 9-11.

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Booktalk: Hart Evans is one of the most popular kids in the sixth grade. All the guys want to be his friend, all the girls think he's cute, and even his teachers give him some slack if he turns his homework in late. Everybody likes Hart. He's not stuck up about it, he's just a genuinely cool guy to

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be around. But then his chorus teacher Mr. Meinert blows up at the sixth graders and tells them they can produce the holiday concert on their own, it's their problem now. Hart ends up being elected the chorus director for the concert and now he's in charge. Since Hart is so popular and well-liked you would think organizing the concert and telling people what to do would be easy. But Hart finds out it's not. Even the kids who liked him so much before are turning against him. The pressure is definitely on to successfully put on THE LAST HOLIDAY CONCERT.

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Goodness. ?�I do love Clements' school stories. ?áThe kids, and the adults, face relatively minor challenges, make some relatively minor mistakes/ bad choices, but the end is triumphant, though not implausibly HEA.

Lisa Morton's dad had decided not to spend twelve thousand dollars on wiring and

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harnesses so his little girl [6th grade] could fly like an angel, but he and Lisa had come up with something almost as dramatic. ?áAnd on that last Saturday afternoon they were both hard at work in the old gym.""

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