In the fast-paced and funny continuing story of table two, Patrick, the new boy in Richard's class, is always causing trouble. Then Patrick's work on a science project about bats helps him make new friends.
This book was about a boy Patrick and how he always acts out. He gets in trouble in school because he thinks he knows everything. When a girl in class, Dawn Marie, says that she has bats in her back yard, Patrick insists that she doesn't and that he knows everything about bats. After he visits her house and sees the bats for himself, him and Dawn Marie decide to do their endangered species projects on bats. They build a home for the bats in Dawn Marie's back yard and eventually want to make them for the school. The story is well written according to chapter 2. The setting is described well throughout the book and there are also pictures to go along with what is being told. The characters are also developed well. Each main character is described so you can tell what their personality is and what they are like. The plot is written so that it is able to be understood from the beginning to the end. There are a few conflicts between characters which make some of the story line that by the end of the book get solved. The characters do resemble people in real life. They all seem like they could be real fifth graders. They still believe that getting bit by a bat will turn you into a vampire and they act out in class like children would. The events that happen are plausible and children could believe that they could happen. The children go to school and are in fifth grade. They fight with each other, have show and tell, and are afraid of things which area all possible things. Many kids probably have show and tell in their school so that is a very plausible event. The plot is believable and isn't contrived to end in a certain way. This story was cute and very relatable. I think that the author did a good job in portraying what could be a real life event. There are always students who think that they know everything and then students who are more quiet and reserved. I would use this book in the classroom by having a show and tell like they did in the book. Also I would use this book to show the students that not everything someone else says is true and to learn how to form their own opinions and ideas.