This book is about a home schooled hippie boy named Capricorn Anderson. Cap had lived with his grandmother on a ranch all of his life, until one day she falls out of a tree. She is hospitalized and Cap has to be sent to school for the first time in his life. Just because he is different he is teased, made fun of, and disrespected. Cap is a strong kid though and doesn't seem to notice that he is being made fun of. This book is kind of sad but it has a surprising and happy ending.
Schooled
By Gordon Korman
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 5 - 8 | Grades 3 - 8 | V | 4.9 | 40313 |
Capricorn Cap Anderson has been homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. When Rain is injured in a fall, Cap is forced to attend the local middle school. Although he knows a lot about Zen Buddhism, nothing has prepared him for the politics of public school.
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN-13: 9781423105169
ISBN-10: 1423105168
Published on 8/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
Book Reviews (59)
my teacher is reading it to the class. it relates to wonder.
Capricorn Anderson had never watched a TV before, had only eaten home-grown food, had never used a lock or a locker, practices tai chi and non violence, and had never heard of a wedgie. I selected this book because I like funny books where the past and the present combine. This book is about a boy raised by his hippie grandmother on the Garland Farms commune. When his grandmother is hospitalized, he is sent to a real school for the first time in the 21st century. Some of my favorite parts are people's descriptions of Cap when they first meet him. “The instant I saw him standing there with all that hair and all those beads, I just knew. Garland Farm. It had to be. Nobody else looked like that. Nobody had looked like that since 1970.” “I looked at Capricorn Anderson, … about to step into a world that had forgotten the sixties except for J.F.K. and the Beatles.” “His clothes looked like pajamas – homemade pajamas. And his shoes were something out of a social studies project on the pioneer days. They were sandals woven out of cornhusks,...” The most exciting part of this novel is when Cap drives the school bus to the hospital. Both me and the main character, Cap, are in 8th grade and go to schools where bullying is an issue. This book helps you understand the side of the student being bullied in a humorous way. I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes funny twists on everyday life.
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I have read this book 1 thousand times and I still love it.It is from different chacters point of view amazing heres to Gordon korman
the book also had little discriptive languge
i did not like the book at all it lacked in detail
cap is one of the coolest kids ever, even though he is the bigest nerd doesnt make him un cool!! LONG LIVE CAP!!
im reading this for school.... and i thought that it was going to be SO boring. but im turning to loving it. it is about capricorn andreson moving to a different place because of his grandmother has fallen off a tree picking plums. he was homeschooled. he has neverm tasted pizza, he has never watched television, he has never heard of a wedgie, etc. he was a hippie with his grandmother and is living at garland farm
loved it! the hipi dude changes everyone i cant belive it and there is a lil romance!
I think his book is totally awesome. It is hilarious, and if you like funny this if more than funny. The only thing that isn't funny is that they make fun of him because he takes ti chi.