Name of Reviewer: Sindhu
Title of Book: Save Me a Seat
Authors of Book: Sara Weeks and Gita
Varadarajan
# of pages: 224
# AR points: 5.0
RL: 4.8
Ravi, a boy who moved from India, and Joe,
a boy with APD, are in the same class in 5th grade. Ravi wants to be
friends with a kid he thinks is nice, but Joe knows that he’s a bully. Ravi
thinks that Joe is the bully, but Joe’s just trying to help him fit in. I loved
this book because it shows how different people sometimes have trouble fitting
in, and we have to respect everyone equally. If I were the author, I wouldn’t
change any part of Save Me a Seat because it was written in such perfect
detail that there isn’t anything to change. If I were Joe, I would have told
Ravi ahead of time that I didn’t trip him, and that Dillon Samreen is a bully-
That would have at least given him a slight warning. If I could pick one juicy
word to describe Save Me a Seat it would be destiny because Joe and Ravi were seemingly
destined to stand up for each other in the end. This book is for absolutely
anyone of all ages.
