Schooled is a delightful and humorous novel by Gordon Korman about a 13 year old boy named Capricorn Anderson who goes to public school in California for the first time as he enters 8th grade. Prior to his first day of school, Capricorn has been living in a commune with his hippy grandmother and has been home schooled by her for 12 years.
As the story unfolds the reader is entertained by Capricorn's day to day adventures such as learning to use a telephone, learning to navigate the school cafeteria, or learning to communicate with other 13 year olds in an "average middle school".
Capricorn starts out the year as a "loser" in the sight of his peers, but ends up as the school hero.
This is a lighted-hearted story with a surprise ending which will engage both adult and young adult readers.
Really enjoyed this book too. Easy to recommend to students as well.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great "reader advisory" book for those students coming out of home school and maybe even private school entering into public school. Haven't read this one but it is good to know about it.
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