Schooled

**Summary/Review**
Life was going great for 13 year old Capricorn (Cap) Anderson until his grandmother, Rain, fell out of a plum tree. His life is then turned upside down when he is forced to leave the comforts of home home-Garland, a hippie commune started by Rain in the 1960s-and enter the cut-throat world of public school life. Cap has to live with a guidance counselor and her moody teenage daughter, who has nicknamed him "freakazoid" due to his eccentric behavior, and find his way through Claverage Middle School. In case that's not bad enough, Cap becomes nominated for 8th grade class president due to an age-old tradition where the students nominate the biggest nerd and let him win. So come along the journey with Cap and see if he turns Claverage Middle School upside down or if he falls flat on his face. //(4)//

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**Author Bio**
Gordon Korman is an author for young adult readers in middle level grades. He has written for 50 publications and is a "New York Times" best-selling author. He is in the midst of writing several more young adult novels including a six-book series. Korman was born in Montreal, Quebec in Canada but currently lives in Long Island, NY with his wife and their three kids. //(3)//

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**Other Works**
__Non-Series Books__ //(5)// //Who is Bugs Potter?// (1980) //I Want to Go Home// (1981) //Our man Weston// (1982) //Bugs Potter LIVE at Nickaninny// (1983) //No Coins, Please// (1984) //Don't Care High// (1985) //Son of Interflux// (1986) //A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag// (1987) //Radio 5th Grade// (1989) //Losing Joe's Place// (1990) //The D- Poems of Jeremy Bloom// (1992) //The Twinkie Squad// (1992) //The Toilet Paper Tigers// (1993) //Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road// (1994) //The Chicken Doesn't Skate// (1996) //Liar, Liar Pants on Fire// (1997) //The Sixth Grade Nickname Game// (1998) //Hollywood Hustle// (2001) //Son of the Mob// (2002) //No More Dead Dogs// (2002) //Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America// (2003) //Jake, Reinvented// (2003) //Born To Rock// (2006) //Schooled// (2007) //The Juvie Three// (2008) //Pop// (2009)

__Series Books__ //(5)//
//Bruno and Boots/Macdonald Hall// series //Monday Night Football// series //Slapshots// series //Nose Pickers// series //Island// series //Everest// series //Dive// series //On the Run// series //Kidnapped// series //Swindle// series //The 39 Clues// series //Jake Reinvented//

**Historical Context**
//Schooled// was published in 2007 by Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Books Unlimited.

**Major Themes**
Friendship; Bullying/teasing; Autonomy; School Politics; Family

**Citations**
1) http://edu.glogster.com/media/5/29/87/53/29875306.jpg 2) http://gordonkorman.com/schooled.jpg 3) http://gordonkorman.com/ //4) Schooled;// Gordon Korman; Disney Hyperion 5) http://www.paperbackswap.com/Gordon-Korman/author/

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