The Fabled Fourth Graders

of Aesop Elementary BY MANDISA MUDAVANHU

RACHEL Rachel is the shyest

person in the class

but Mr. Jupiter

thinks that she can

speak up.

Character struggle:

when everybody

thinks she is hurt

when she is not and

being very quiet.

She solves her

problem by talking

to the nurse with

the girls.

ASHLEY Z. You might think

that Ashley Z. is a

girl well he isn't the

reason why he is

called Ashley Z. is

because there are

two other girls

named Ashleigh B.

and Ashlee A.

Character struggle: when Tarantula (the bully) asks Ashley Z. to help him and when Leonard teased Ashley.

He solves his problems by helping Tarantula.

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CALVIN Calvin is a boy that

does not like doing

multiplication. Then

he decides to go

to kindergarten

and Mr. Jupiter says

that he can go. But

will he like

kindergarten or

not?

Character struggle: When Calvin is doing multiplication problems and when he is in kindergarten.

He solves his problems by going to kindergarten and by going back to fourth grade.

HAM Ham is a boy who

LOVES jelly beans

but once he takes

too many and his

hand gets stuck

what is he going to

do?

Character struggles: when his hand gets stuck in the jar and when he is waiting for everybody’s turn.

He solves his problem by taking out a few jelly beans out of his hand.

KEY Title: The fabled fourth graders of

Aesop elementary

Author: Candace Fleming

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Number of pages: 186

Character struggles: Various