No Talking
Andrew Clements c. 2007
978-1416909842
Realistic Fiction

For a group of fifth graders who the teachers call “The Unsushables,” not talking for a whole day seems impossible. However, when Dave Packer reads about Ghandi and his days of silence t triggers him to try an experiment…No Talking all day. But his vow of silence is ruined when he is forced to argue with Lynsey at lunch. A bet between the boys and girls starts, which group can say the fewest words for two days. As this once loud group of 5th graders fight to win the bet, teachers begin to wonder whats going on.