Gordon Korman’s best-known bestseller! A quirky homeschooled kid must learn how to fit in (or stand out) at public school in this heartwarming fish-out-of-water classic. Capricorn Anderson had never watched a television show before. He’d never tasted a pizza. He had never even heard of a wedgie. And he had never, in his wildest dreams, thought of living anywhere but Garland Farm commune with … Garland Farm commune with his hippie caretaker, Rain.
Capricorn (Cap for short) lived every day of his life on Garland Farm growing fruits and vegetables. He was homeschooled by Rain, the only person he knew in the world. Life was simple for Cap. But when Rain falls out of a tree while picking plums and is hospital-ridden, he has to attend the local middle school and live with his new guidance counselor and her irritable daughter. While Cap knew a lot about Zen Buddhism, no amount of formal education could ready him for the trials and tribulations of public middle school.
Cap doesn’t exactly fit in at Claverage Middle School (dubbed C Average by the kids). He has long, ungroomed hair, wears hemp clothes, and practices Tai Chi out on the lawn. His weirdness basically makes him the biggest nerd in school. This is great news for Zach Powers, big man on campus. He can’t wait to instate the age-old tradition in C-Average School: The biggest nerd is nominated for class president — and wins. So when Cap becomes president, he is more puzzled than ever. But as Cap begins to take on his duties, the joke starts to turn on Zach.
Will Cap turn out to be the greatest President in the history of C-Average School? Or the biggest punchline?
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This book is a great book for someone that isn’t familiar with their surroundings and they feel different from everybody else. Also it teaches that it’s okay to be different because you never know what you can learn.
i love this book even tho i had to read it for a school thing i thought it would be
boring and lame but it was also a really great book thank you for making it
This book is wonderful! Strongly recommend to those who need some happy in there life!
I liked this book, not my fave, but still a really good book. It is easy to read and you can get really hooked to the characters, though Cap really got on my nerves sometimes, still, I found myself wrapped up in his world.
This is a children’s book that I have never let go since reading it in 6th grade. And I never will.
I thought this book was wonderful. I was just torn between the two worlds for the main character, yet leaning toward the simpler, more solitary world, even while reading this book in the middle of the coronavirus scare. I am so glad we had this book checked out of the library before it closed until who knows when. I read it while I was working …
I can sum up this book in one word : AMAZING
My student recommended this book from her book report and I loved it! The main character, Cap’s innocent and natural eccentric uniqueness has change people around him. Teenagers have many struggles on their own ways but they discover what important in life by learning from what Cap has shown to them. Each chapter is spoken by different …
It said it is free but now i have to pay?? not recomended.
Great