[LM_NET] BOOK: Schooled by Korman

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Korman. Gordon. Schooled. Hyperion, 2007 [978-078685692-3 // 078685692-0]
Cap has grown up on a commune with his grandmother and has been home
schooled there.  He has had no contact with other children or the ways
of the world.  When his grandmother falls out of a tree Cap has to
move into the home of a guidance counselor and her irritable daughter.
 Now he has to survive in public school.  As a joke, he gets nominated
and then elected President of the eighth grade class.  Is this going
to be a major disaster for caring, loving, and naïve Cap?  Can he run
the dance?  Will he be able to handle the money for the dance?  The
reader soon gets totally wrapped around the character of this boy who
doesn't understand the world.  You can't help but love this 208 page
book.  This is Korman at his best… reminded me of his "A semester in
the life of a garbage bag" and "Son of Interflux."


-- 
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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