Third Grade Angels

Written by Jerry Spinelli

First-grade babies, second-grade cats, third-grade angels, fourth-grade rats. George, or "Suds", is entering the third grade in his school, making him a third-grade angel. This means that each month, his teacher will choose a student to award the "halo". To get this, a student has to show kindness, braveness, or be well behaved. This seems simple for George because he possesses all of these qualities but, when he feels like his good actions are being overlooked he beings to question what the point of being good is. At the end of the book, Constantina is awarded the halo instead of George, but despite this, George is still happy for his classmate. 

This book is good for 3-5 graders. I would use this as a book for a book project where students have to talk about the differences in George's actions and how they change throughout the book.