Book Talk

Schooled by Gordan Korman

Genre: Realistic Fiction 

     The book seemed to take place maybe 80s or 90s, it's confirmed that it's after the 1960s. It takes place in a little town. The story focuses on a boy named Capricorn Anderson. He grew in a closed off with little to no electricity and really any modern things. It's called Garland. Rain, Capricorn's grandma, has an accident and she has to send Capricorn to a public school where Cap is initially picked on because he doesn't know anything about the real world. Capricorn has to learn how to adjust to his new surroundings. The mood throughout the book was more of a funny and sometimes sad tone. At the end Capricorn is so used to the modern he wants to get modern stuff and at first Rain disagreed and said that was all baloney. But she eventually decided not to keep Capricorn from learning about the real world and decided to get a condo. I think the message is to try and adjust to new things/try new things without having to be pushed to do it. 

     I really liked this book because of it's characters and plot. Like the main character looks like he came out from the 60s and he's put into a modern world place. Where he's the weirdest and easiest kid to pick on. You want to see what happens next, like does he get popular, does he get liked? I remember the part where he spent a lot of the school's funds because he didn't know how checks worked. Since he was in Garland and no one could contact him. I would recommend this book if you want a decently sized book with lots of drama and some humor. You should go out and get this book because it's really memorable and it has a great plot to it.