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Eye School, the Worst Years of My Life — "Eye School" Serial

James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts

Contemporary, Humor

Credits

Readability Age Range

10 to 13

Publisher

Little, Dark-brown and Visitor, a division of Hachette Book Group Inc.

Awards

YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, 2012

Year Published

2012

Book Review

Middle School, the Worst Years of Thousand Life by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, with illustrations past Laura Park, has been reviewed by Focus on the Family's marriage and parenting magazine. It is the first volume in the "Middle School" serial.

Plot Summary

Rafe Khatchadorian lives with his younger sister, Georgia, his mom and Mom'southward verbally calumniating, deadbeat beau, Carl. The kids call him Conduct considering he's as mean equally ane. Rafe dreads the new school year as a 6th-grader. His merely existent friend, Leo, urges him to make his mark at Hills Village Middle School by breaking every rule in the book, literally.

Rafe and Leo create Project RAFE (which stands for Rules Aren't For Everyone). Projection RAFE becomes an ongoing game when Leo challenges Rafe to earn a sure number of points each day. Rafe gets points for each school rule he breaks and earns bonus points based on who witnesses the upshot and the level of penalty he receives. He does include a No-Hurt rule, vowing he volition not allow anyone else to be harmed by his pranks. He keeps a journal of his antics, complete with his scorecard. Leo draws the sketches for the journal and encourages Rafe to continue.

Rafe is pleased when he starts to get attention from his peers for his misdeeds. Even his beautiful classmate Jeanne Galletta has noticed him. He doesn't really mind the punishments, such equally detention, because they are worth extra points. He does hate being stuck in detention with Mrs. Donatello, who tries to get him to talk well-nigh the reasons for his behavior. Rafe continues in his behavior — from pulling the burn down alarm to streaking through the halls in his underwear to stealing Bear's free energy drinks and selling them to classmates.

Mom gets worried equally she sees Rafe's grades plummeting and hears he's been talking to Leo. Bear calls Rafe a freak and threatens penalization. A bully known as Miller the Killer steals Rafe'due south journal and blackmails him, forcing Rafe to buy back the book a page at a time. Rafe as well discovers Jeanne'due south concern for him has more to practise with pity than dearest. While trying to help Rafe, Jeanne gets detention. This means Rafe has cleaved his own No-Hurt rule, and he feels terrible. Leo urges Rafe to pigment a derogatory mural on the schoolhouse building. When he does, the police take hold of him.

Rafe finally realizes the seriousness of his actions when he's suspended. His grades are and so poor, he may accept to repeat sixth grade. Bear and Mom fight, and Bear accidentally pushes Mom down the front stairs. The kids call 911, and constabulary take the penitent Acquit away. At the bottom of the steps where she'due south fallen, Mom finds a packet total of photocopies. They are the pages of Rafe'south periodical.

Mom and Rafe meet with school staff to determine a course of action for Rafe. During this meeting, readers learn Leo is an imaginary friend, fashioned after Rafe's twin blood brother who died at age 3. Mrs. Donatello saves Rafe from repeating a grade by noting his creative talent and suggesting he be transferred to a school with an emphasis on art. She will tutor him in the concurrently to aid him become caught up. Despite his struggles, Rafe feels hopeful with the prospect of attending fine art school and having Bear out of his life.

Christian Beliefs

Other Conventionalities Systems

Authority Roles

Rafe's mother demonstrates business organization for her kids, especially Rafe when his grades begin to slide. She works double shifts to back up her kids and out-of-work, live-in beau, Carl. Carl lies around on the couch well-nigh of the day and oft makes mean, derogatory statements about the kids. In the end, she kicks Carl out. Teachers and administrators, peculiarly English teacher Mrs. Donatello, attempt to sympathise Rafe's struggles and provide 2d chances to help him succeed.

Profanity & Violence

The words heck and butt each appear once.

Sexual Content

Mom has a live-in boyfriend.

Discussion Topics

Boosted Comments

Lying: Rafe tells his mom a number of lies and fractional truths, often to keep her from worrying.

Bathroom humour: Leo says if Rafe fails at the game, the rest of the year will exist about as much fun as a case of never-ending diarrhea. Rafe rewrites a sonnet to include dog poop and talks about Acquit farting.

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