The Absolute, Ultimate End

Maggie Thayer, in The Absolut, Ultimate End by Julia First, is excited about the new school year and the extracurricular activities available to her. But there is one problem; to save tax dollars for the Oakdale schools, some or maybe all extracurricular activities will be cut. Maggie and her best friend, Eloise are worried about their scholl lives if the programs are cut. Something must be done. . . One of the problems Maggie has with the cuts is that her crush, Stevie Garber, is in Dramatics Club. To be near him, Maggie signs up for tryouts. She hope that if she makes the club that the club will not be taken away. Maggie's best friend, Eloise, is into sports. She plays every sprot she can. She is desperate , as is everyone else, for the cuts not to take place. Another problem that occurs is that Maggie doesn't expect. She is forced to help a disabled person. She is agianst it at first, but once she meets her new companion, Doreen, they develop a close relationship. They find out theat the program they're doing may be closed. Their friendship develpoed through it, and they don't want it to close. If it is closed, Doreen would have to go back to a school for the blind, which she doesn't want. Perhaps the biggest problem of the whole story is that Maggie's dad is runnung for school board. He is for cutting extra activities. Maggie and Eloise were excited at first, but when they found out that Maggie's dad wasn't on their side, they went clueless. Something had to be done fpr the Oakdale Junior High students, and by the students before the absolute, ultimate end. . . This book gave me a good sense of team work. Team work is what it takes to accomplish unthinkable feats. Any thats why I gave this book five stars. Team work and leadership, as displayed by Maggie, lead her to success, which is the most important accomplishment of all.