Reviews for Ontario History (Volume 11)

The average rating for Ontario History (Volume 11) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-06-02 00:00:00 Young-deok Roh The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne and The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull are two different titles for the same story. I've combined them; please nobody separate them. I can't decide if this is brilliant, or a brilliant hot mess. Is it a thriller? A satire? Is the narrator reliable, or not? It's definitely got that Australian vibe to it, like Getting the Girl and Have Courage, Hazel Green in which kids get involved in grown-ups' real-life issues. I found it refreshing and fun. But it's probably going to be dissed by lots of my friends. An acquired taste, if you will. (edited four days afterwards - iow, it's a memorable book ;) Another thought, the next day - a character mentions Marsden... now, I only read the first book, but iirc that famous series is about kids solving problems that grown-ups should have... so maybe the other Aussie MG/YA books I've read just kinda subconsciously emulate....

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-14 00:00:00 Walter Ray Williams Jr My book is maybe the weirdest book I have ever read. This story takes place in a high school, in a class of 10th graders; just like me. There's 3 main characters, Miss Payne, Calma, and Kiffo. These characters are always getting in trouble with one another. Main ideas that occur in this story is that one of the students, Kiffo; he is a really big show off he always tries to be the biggest ignorant person in class. One time, they had a official teacher and Kiffo had a football in his hand and ended up throwing the ball at her face. All because she told him to do his work. So with this being said thats why Miss Payne is the new teacher. He doesn't like her because she is a pain like he describes her. Calma is another student that kind of changes a lot in class, shes a good student but has a hidden attitude. She likes Kiffo even through she doesn't want to admit it. She's the narrator of the story. They both get lots of detention while being in that class. Basically, they just dislike the fact that they get in lots of trouble because Miss Payne is a very strict teacher. I'm just going to get to the end of the book already. These kids wanted to figure out why she was like this. So they went to her home, sneaked in and just saw all these different weird conversations they were having they just couldn't explain. One time, Kiffo was at his house home alone and the phone lines cut off he got scared. They later found out she was sneaking up on them. So the kids felt as through they couldn't do anything anymore. They respected her so much because she got scary. I actually like this book. Its pretty funny and all over the place. Makes me laugh here and then. What surprises me about this book is that it curses here and then and its pretty funny. I like everything about this book no dislikes. I actually would recommend this book to anymore who likes to read. It's a good way for people to learn how to read and focus on different topics.