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Young Adult · 2012 · G

Schooled

by Gordon Korman

A boy raised on a commune enters middle school with absolutely no idea how the world works

A homeschooled kid will sink or swim when he's dropped into a typical middle school in this hilarious tale from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author. Capricorn Anderson (Cap for short) has never watched a television show. He's never tasted pizza. He's never heard of a wedgie. And he has never, even in his wildest dreams, thought he'd live anywhere but the Garland Farm commune with his hippie grandmother and homeschool instructor, Rain.But all this changes when Rain is stuck in the hospital and Cap is sent to Claverage Middle School (dubbed C Average by the kids). Cap doesn't exactly fit i

ForAll agesGenreYoung AdultLength208 pagesRead time~3.5 hours

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

Barely any

Mild middle-school language

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

None

No significant psychological content

What this book is about

Capricorn "Cap" Anderson has been raised by his hippie grandmother on an isolated commune. When she breaks her hip, Cap is thrust into a mainstream middle school where he has never heard of TV, fashion, bullying, or student elections. Korman's warm, funny novel traces Cap's bewilderment — and his accidental transformation of the school around him — through multiple perspectives.

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