“I was thirteen the first time I saw a police officer up close. He was arresting me for driving without a license at the time, I didn’t know what a license was. I wasn’t too clear on what being arrested meant either.” -Cap Anderson, Schooled. Can we just make this clear? Gordon Korman writes some of the most hilarious books. Especially Schooled. In the first paragraph he explains how he doesn’t know what a license was or being arrested. It’s realistic fiction and in a perspective most people haven’t experienced. This book made me really think, I wonder what it would be like to live the life for a little while. I loved how Korman used first person because it gives a better perspective on how confused Cap was of almost all of our daily uses. I was laughing the whole time. It’s a great book for all ages too. From a third grader to an eighth grader. It’s a total representation of not to judge a book by it’s cover.
The only life Capricorn Anderson has ever known is on a farm in the middle of nowhere. He is living the full pioneer life. But when his grandmother gets hurt Cap has to move in with a guidance counselor and her bad tempered daughter. There, he has to attend normal middle school. But Cap has never had pizza, can’t understand lockers, never watched TV does tai chi in the school lawn and has to deal with the bullies who just nominated him for class president. Can this hippie be the next hero or the bully’s next big catch?
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