Flying Solo (novel)Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998(first edition)
Plot
Mr. Fabiano has a substitute teacher who calls in sick on April 28. When his class arrives, they discover that their substitute teacher has not shown up. The class decides they will not report this to administration and decide to run the classroom by themselves. The students follow the instructions left by their teacher, and all goes fairly smoothly. However, at the end of the day, during a special assembly when all of the teachers are supposed to come up on stage, the class is discovered when they only had a little time left of the school day.
Characters
Mr. Fabiano — a handsome and beloved sixth grade teacher.
Rachel White — The de facto protagonist, Rachel has been mute for six months since a classmate (Tommy Feathers) who had a crush on her died six months earlier, the day after she told him off.
Bastian Fauvell — A sarcastic and rebellious Air Force brat. It's his last day of school before he moves to Hawaii.
Sean O'Day — A shy boy from a poor family who loves Rachel.
Karen Ballard — The natural leader of the class who was basically the teacher for the day also class president
Jessica Cooke — The only member of the class that questions the students running the class for the day.
Christopher Ransom — An obnoxious and spoiled rich boy, that irritates most of the class.
Missy — Rachel's best friend, who is also overweight and insecure. She usually acts as Rachel's interpreter.
Rhonda - A sassy girl who is also brave and competitive.
Sky - an awkward boy from California who is a good surfer.
John - is a trouble maker boy that hangs out with Bastian and Christopher all the time.
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