The Report Card

By Andrew Clements

Nora Rose Rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone.

Nora's managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way.
     But then Nora gets fed up with the importance everyone attaches to test scores and grades, and she purposely brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Suddenly the attention she's successfully avoided all her life is focused on her, and her secret is out. And that's when things start to get really complicated....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Release date: Apr 17, 2012
• ISBN: 9781442462205

Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements (1949–2019) was the author of the enormously popular Frindle. More than 10 million copies of his books have been sold, and he was nominated for a multitude of state awards, including a Christopher Award and an Edgar Award. His popular works include About Average, Troublemaker, Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, Room One, Lunch Money, and more. He was also the author of the Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School series. Find out more at AndrewClements.com.

Reviews for The Report Card

[adamjohn_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Nora is a REALLY smart girl, but she hides her smartness and pretends she is average. She does this for his best friend Stephen, because he is an average student. After a wile, the librarian finds out that she is smart. Then every body finds out that she is smart. But then, Nora and Stephen make a plan that will get every body thinking about grades. But, on the next day of school, her plan is the least of her problems...

[canderson15-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is about a gifted child name Nora that is trying to hide the fact that she is so intelligent. She then creates a plan to challenge the school system and the idea of testing and all that goes into it. I found the plot line to be engaging by leading to what Nora is going to do next. The writer's style also made reading the story very comprehensible.

[cheryl_in_cc_nv · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A few pieces of implausibility, but actually most of them get cleared up by the end (so don't give up if at first you're thinking the book is silly or whatever). I really do like this author (Frindle, Things Not Seen).

[nakisha crouch · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love that book it was amazing

[ecollado-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a book about a girl named Nora. Nora is very intelligent. Nora doesn’t want to be seen as being intelligent. She always makes sure not to answer all the questions on a test correctly, even though she knows the proper answers. She seems to push it a little too far when she brings home a report card full of D’s. Her parents are concerned and wonder why they had no warning that their child was having that much difficulty. Nora convinces other students to join her in her plot to prove that too much importance is placed on grades.

[janee23 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Nora has known she was gifted sense the moment was a toddler. But, her family, peers, nor teachers knew how gifted she was, and that's the way she wanted to keep it. Nora wanted how grades and test dictate her community and school;and how it made children feel. Nora sets a plan to change this, and with the help of her best friend Stephen she does.

[anthony7afar7962 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is about a girl who is smart but does not want people to know that she is smart. The people think she is dumb but really is not. She brings home a card which is a report card. She gets 5 Ds and 1 C....... Next day she goes to school and does some research on a pc. Her teacher notice that she is not dumb but smart. Thats why I think this book is good.I love this book because it tells me how smart the person is. The author Andrew Clements is a good writer because he/she did a good job at writing the book.I got sucked in this book from just reading The Dollar which is a good book from the same author. This book is good for people at the age of 10-14 because of the grammar. The grammar in the book is well writen. The Report Card is recommended for people who like to read books such as a bookworm. Thats why I love this book.

[gabriella_26 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not the best book I've read, but certainly woth reading.

[alexandrose_3 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Nora is a girl who is really smart and when she was in Kindergarten she met a boy called Stephen and he wasn't quite smart. Because of that Nora made her grade low for example she got D's and C's. When Nora was 3 she put a puzzle together that had 100 pieces, after Nora told a plan to Stephen and to some other kids to have F's on their test's so the teachers would realize that report cards don't matter. At the end everyone get's to know that Nora is smart and they want her to go to a gifted program which is a program for kids who are smart. But Nora doesn't want to go to the program because she wants people to think of her of a girl who is a normal kid. I recommend this book for people who like books which are novel's.

[ktextor_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

In this story a little girl figures out that in Kindergarten she is very smart but she doesn't want people to know that she is in order to get through school without people looking at her all the time and watching her every move. She becomes a copy cat and does this with a boy who happens to be in her classroom all the way up to third grade. When they both get to the third grade though they have to take a standardized test and when her best friend doesn't do very well he is no longer the patient fun loving boy he once was and is easily frustrated with school. She decides to do something drastic, fail her classes. She wants people to know that grades shouldn't matter and everyone should be treated the same way. She has to meet with teachers, parents and lots of other people to see what is going on with school but one day, the teacher finds out just how smart she really is... what happens with the rest of third grade? Do grades go up or do they stay the same?... Read to find out! Very good book to read with students when it comes to the standardized tests in the school system.

[mslangdon · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Part D PopularClements, A. (2004). The report card. New York: Scholastic.Nora Rowley has known that she was different from a very young age. She has also known that she doesn’t want other people to know about it either. Able to read by the age of two and a half and a fabulous memory are part of what makes Nora a genius. But she has managed to keep it a secret from everyone until now. As a fifth grade student, she sees the importance and stress that everyone puts on grades and test scores and she doesn’t like how it affects students. She knows how it makes some kids feel superior and others feel dumb. So Nora and her best friend Stephen set out with a plan to change things.Testing and good grades is an issue every school-age child must face. Clements addresses the issue from a child’s perspective. Then ends with a positive message and optimistic attitude about schoolwork and doing one’s best. Ages 8-12.

[friend4dc · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A girl, far beyond her10 years, takes the school establishment to task after pulling the wool over everyone's eyes her entire life, even, and most importantly, her parents. Far-fetched and somewhat insulting to the adult population, but that's what makes Clements' books so much fun!

[crrowland · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a great book that students in upper elementary school would enjoy. When Nora discovers that she is a genius she decides to hide this from her family in fear of acceptance. When she discovers her best friend has difficulty in school she uses her knowledge to guide him. This book has an excellent story line and would be great to read as a whole class.

[michelleramos_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a story about a girl who even at a very young age has discovered that she is incredible intelligent. But, she also discovers that people watch you very closely and expect a lot out of you when you are that intelligent. She doesn't just think about herself, she is concerned about the other students and how children are compared based on their intelligence and she doesn't like it one bit. So, she does everything she can to make herself appear not nearly as smart as she really is.

[9cw01bev · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

So far it is a pretty good book. I think it is weird that she is trying to get bad grades so she can be average. She is acullaly very very smart but she doesn't want people to know. It is an AR book.

[9at01bev · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I thought this book was bad because it had to many big long conversations. It is AR. This was at my leavel.

[mslmc_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Nora is really a genius, but is determined not to let anyone know it, so she gets poor grades - very poor, 5 Ds and a C. She doesn't want her best friend to feel bad about himself, plus she is rebelling against all the stress the teachers are putting on students because of the state standardized tests. Eventually, Nora begins to realize that her intelligence is a gift.

[allisonmc_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

this is about a girl who fakes bad grades