Ms. O’Donnell is an eighth-grade English teacher at Claudia’s school. She’s known for being mean and difficult, though Mrs. Valente also insists that lots of kids ultimately appreciate her class’s rigor. Claudia hates Ms. O’Donnell because she’s one of the teachers who sits in on the meeting where Mr. Hall tells Ma and Daddy that Claudia is dyslexic.
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Ms. O’Donnell Character Timeline in Monday’s Not Coming
The timeline below shows where the character Ms. O’Donnell appears in Monday’s Not Coming. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2. The Before
Claudia has Ms. O’Donnell for homeroom and first period English. She’s supposedly the meanest teacher in the school—and over...
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Chapter 6. The Before
...Shayla sweeps the packet onto the floor and stomps on it. When Claudia leaps up, Ms. O’Donnell tells Claudia to focus on her packet and stop talking with her friends. When Claudia...
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...Georgia. Ms. Valente shares that she’s teaching fifth grade this year and assures Claudia that Ms. O’Donnell will prepare her well for high school.
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Chapter 18. The Before
Everyone enters the conference room. Ms. O’Donnell is already there, and Claudia wants to vomit. Mr. Hill says everyone knows Claudia has...
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...kids with dyslexia. Daddy asks why they didn’t catch this before now. Mr. Hill and Ms. O’Donnell don’t have an answer, but Mr. Hill suggests this could explain Claudia’s other behavioral issues.
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...Claudia as a student with learning disabilities, which will entitle her to extra to help. Ms. O’Donnell says this is a good thing, since knowing is half the battle. Mr. Hill assures...
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...Ma and Claudia out to the car. Ma gripes about how rude Mr. Hill and Ms. O’Donnell were, and how ridiculous it is that they didn’t catch the dyslexia sooner. It seems...
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