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| View Larger Image | Schooled
by Gordon Korman
| | List Price: | $15.99 |  | | 8 New starting at: | $5.98 | | 8 Used starting at: | $8.29 | | | | | Sales Rank: | 419808 | | Studio: | Hyperion | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Reading Level: | Ages 9-12 | | Number Of Pages: | 224 | | Publication Date: | September 01, 2007 | | Publisher: | Hyperion |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 13 reviews)
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Enjoyable 
My middle school son is always looking for an excuse to NOT read. This book was one that he picked up without an argument. It was enjoyable, easy to read, short chapters, fun characters. It was definitely a hit with my, not so easy to please, son.
July 28, 2008 | |
Fish Out Of Water Goes Swimming With The Sharks 
One of the last remnant offspring of a hippie homeschool commune finds himself in the hands of social services when his grandmother must be hospitalized. This fish out of water is plunged into swimming with the sharks at the local public middle school. While Capricorn Anderson represents more aptly the exaggerated stereotypical new ager, we still get a knowing glimpse at the social classes and clashes rampant in our "educational" institutions through his coming of age experiences. Will he become a hero or remain a zero?
Mainstream Home Educators Beware: Lots of Zen-like thought and techniques are dappled throughout with inferred validation. While it is outwardly criticized by Capricorn's new "friends," it is inwardly admired. I didn't find it concerning, because a healthly dose of humor is directed to Capricorn's untraditional upbringing, as well as to the amount of academics occurring at schools. The author stroked a wide brush of sarcastic exaggeration across all of the characters.
Extra points for the creative technique of alternating the first person voice from character to character in the chapters.
July 21, 2008 | |
Schooled is a good yet unsatisfying book
I, myself, liked the book, but it wasn't actually satisfying for my hunger to read something really dangerous and adventurous. It was all pretty realistic except for the stuff about the sixties. That was just plain stupid. Anyway a boy named Cap is a hippie-styled person - clothes, hair and all. His grandma Rain falls out of a plum tree or something and hurts herself. Then Cap has to transfer to a public school "C-Average" middle school. He has to adapt while people pick on him. That's basically what the story is about. It's an ok book. If you want a fast paced action book series, go for the Pendragon series. Happy reading!
June 17, 2008 | |
A wonderful teenage novel!!
Once I started reading "Schooled" I seriously couldn't put it down, because it was such a sweet, and entertaining story. The main character, Cap, has to get used to living with a family he doesn't know, and has to go to a REAL school, because his grandma got injured when she fell out of a tree. This story involves many strong friendships, and Cap is pretty clueless in school, because he was homeschooled, and doesnt know how to socialize. Throughout the story he is described as a goofy, but extremely kind hippy boy, who can always make someone smile. I thought the book was phenomenal, and had a really good plot!!
May 24, 2008 | |
A delightful story about learning to adapt and thrive in radically changing circumstances
Performed by various narrators, Schooled is an unabridged audiobook adaptation of a story about life in middle school, as written by Gordon Korman (perhaps best known for "No More Dead Dogs", a novel about the excessively overused trope of killing off a beloved pet in children's literature). Ideal for readers age 11 to 111, Schooled follows young Capricon "Cap" Anderson, who has spent his entire life with his grandmother on a farm commune - until his grandmother is hospitalized and he must attend Claverage Middle School while living with his guidance counselor. The transition is rocky at best, and when the Claverage students follow their tradition of nominating the biggest nerd for class president, Cap is the number one choice! Yet Cap's positive outlook and enthusiasm just might turn him into the best president ever. A delightful story about learning to adapt and thrive in radically changing circumstances, highly recommended. 4 CDs, 5 hours.
April 03, 2008 | |
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