What are the motifs in The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg?

Facts and feelings are recurring ideas. An Academic Bowl competition is all about facts. Noah Gershom is very focused on facts. Nadia knew all the facts about a loggerhead turtle's lifecycle before visiting her father. Feelings, on the other hand, have an overriding importance in the novel. The facts of a turtle's life are meaningless if those facts do not inspire Nadia to exchange her feelings of anger and frustration for generosity and selflessness.