Schooled Paperback – August 26, 2008

My 11 year old son read this book and has this to report -Best Book About School EverHow a hippie kid learns how to be in the real worldCapricorn has always lived in Garland with his grandmother Rain. When Rain falls out of a tree picking plums she gets injured and must go to the hospital. Of course, she can't drive so Cap has to drive her but then he gets caught and almost arrested on the way to the hospital. He is only 13! They make it to the hospital and Rain has a broken hip, so Cap must go to a public school and try to fit in while Rain gets better in the hospital. I would give this book an A because it had admirable characters and it went right into the plot action. Also, there was a lot of humor and a recurring message: even if you look weird you can still be a kind and loyal friend.This is a great book because it has an admirable main character, Capricorn. "When the burning haze cleared my eyes, the first person I saw was Zach, untouched and laughing at me. Down at my feet lay Cap, out cold, his nose gushing blood like a geyser, (page 141)". This shows that Cap would sacrifice himself so there would not be a fight. Another admirable character is Ms. Donnely, Cap's foster mom. "My mother is the most generous, caring, good-hearted, sympathetic person in the world. She even chose a career devoted to helping people. She's a saint, (page 56)".There was a lot of humor in the book. For example, the whole plot idea of a hippie kid trying to fit into a public school when he thinks the best tool ever is duct tape and doesn't even know what money is makes this book very entertaining and funny. One example of Capricorn not knowing about money is when he thinks you have unlimited money to spend just because you have a check. "I didn't have any money. But I had something even better – checks, which automatically counted as exactly as much money as you wrote in the box, (page 108)." Another funny thing is how different Capricorn's life is from most kids. "'Well, there was the time I whacked my head on the pump handle of our well. Doc Cafferty shaved part of my scalp so he could put in stitches.' (…)'Who's he? Your pediatrician?' 'No, the vet', (page 93)"I also enjoyed how this book got right into the plot action. On the first very page Capricorn says "I was thirteen the first time I saw a police officer up close. He was arresting me for driving without a license, (page 3)". Then, a few pages later, Capricorn asks himself "How could an able-bodied teenager allow his grandmother to scale a plum tree? Simple. She wasn't my grandmother at the time. She was my teacher, (page 5)". That drew me in and me made me curious about if he was homeschooled or was just sick.Overall, this was a suspenseful book that made me want to keep reading. My mom had been bugging me for a year to read it, and I'm glad I finally did. It gets right to the action, has admirable characters, and is hilarious.

This is a great product. The story was amazing and I just love books by Gordon Korman.

In the book “Schooled” the author Gordon Korean shows that all people can be leaders. Through this crazy written book characters take place in school and many more places and settings. The author claims and shows to be a leader or to be a representative person and it takes a lot of courage. The author shows this with good detail and crazy point of views.During this amazing book the words are so great in the way that the author uses them. In the beginning of this book called “Schooled” a boy named Cap was pulled over because he was driving his teacher that he said “mom” at the Ava of 13 years old which to me sounds absolutely crazy that it actually happened. One dislike is that the author would get me confused by switching perspectives. One like I did have was how the setting was and how it wasn’t the same every chapter.In my own personal opinion I thought the book was amazingly well written besides the crazy switching between point of views. One thing that was written well was the plot and settings and also the details, they were really where you could understand the book. Another thing was the way he made them talk through good and excellent dialogue. For example in the text it says “I’m sure he lives on to be a total basket case.”I completely loved the book so much with the great dialogue. I would really recommend this to a lot of people like my friends and family. This book reminds me of my brother in the 8th grade. I have to say I have not seen another book like this one but I’m sure this book is the best. I would rate this book a 3 and a ½ out of 5 stars.

Schooled is a great book for those who like drama. For example [SPOLIER ALERT] the main character Capricorn Anderson is a 13 year old boy who lives with his grandmother who has to go to a public school and explores the outside world for the first time.My likes and dislikes about the book, the book takes place around the city, and there are different sense of the story all effect it [SPOLIER ALERT] like when Cap goes to the jewelry store and buys a necklace for the persons daughter he has been staying with because the dad said he would but never did. Then there are some meh moments like [SPOLIER ALERT] when they voted Cap to be eighth grade president to bully him, they could of added more stuff to make it dramatic instead of just spitballs and telling him to go to fake rooms.Was the book well written, yes the author wrote it extremely well. Like changing the P.O.V each chapter . The story keeps going each chapter like the story does not repeat it self when a new P.O.V, It makes it feel like you actually get to see all the drama, like Cap got tricked to dress up as a rival to the school he went to and got tackled by the football team and the school scream in joy its like you could feel the school spirit.The book school reminds me of wonder because of all the action and how they change P.O.V every chapter. The drama and fights are both to protect a friend. This book is like the book flipped because of how each chapter is a different P.O.V, because of that you understand each character better.

Good Book.

I didn’t read this book until I was older, but I think it was well-written and engaging, and I would have enjoyed reading it in elementary school. It’s reminiscent of Beverly Cleary and Andrew Clements in how it handles some deep material and heavy themes in a way that children can understand.