The Report Card

The Report Card is a children's novel by Andrew Clements, first published in 2004. The story is narrated by a 5th grade girl, Nora Rose Rowley. Nora is secretly a genius, but does not tell anyone for fear that she will be too "different"

Characters

Nora Rose Rowley: The main character of the story and secretive genius. Her appearance is described as being short with reddish-blond hair. Researching is her favorite hobby. She was so intelligent by kindergarten, that she taught herself to understand Spanish by watching the Univision channel and to read National Geographic. Nora loves astronomy, Latin, archaeology, and soccer. Her mother describes Nora as thoughtful, kind and caring. She has two siblings: Ann and Todd. Her best friend is Stephen who has average intelligence but still gets better grades than Nora.

Stephen: Nora's best friend. His self-confidence is poor due to low grades. His favorite subject is English. He has never said one mean or angry thing. He got a higher grade than Nora in everything, because Nora purposely had failed in everything.

Ms. Hackney: The principal at Nora's school. She is one of the people in the meeting to explain her low grades.

Mrs. Byrne: The librarian at Philbrook Elementary School. She was one of the first to find out about Nora's unusually high intelligence and played a large role in carrying out her plan.

Dr. Trindler: The guidance counselor.

Ms. Noyes: Nora's Social Studies and English teacher

Mrs. Zhang: Nora's Science and Math teacher.

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Mr. Rowley: Father

Mrs. Rowley: Mother

Todd: Nora's older brother

Ann: Nora's older sister

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