Book Review on SchooledEssay Preview: Book Review on SchooledReport this essayBook Review on SchooledBy Emma GHIGLIONESchooled, by Gordon Korman, is a great book about a child who are home-schooled and grow up cut off from society. It is a non-fiction novel which was published by Scholastic in 2008. This book would make an unforgettable movie!
Schooled is a very interesting and amusing story of a 8th grade hippie boy named Cap Anderson (short for Capricorn) who lives in a community called Garland, which is a little farm where there used to only be hippies. Now, Cap lives alone with his grandmother, Rain. He is home-schooled and completely unfamiliar with the real outside world. One day, Rain is picking plums and falls off the tree and is obliged to stay at the hospital. Cap is forced to then move in with a guidance counselor, Mrs. Donnelly and her daughter, Sophie, and to go to a public school named Claverage Middle School. In this school there is a tradition, they elect an 8th grade president by picking the greatest nerd in 8th grade. Of course, Cap wins the elections. At first everyone makes fun of him, but then he becomes the greatest president of Claverage Middle School!
It started out just as it was a great place to go and a great time. Our little boy was always teased and upset about being called Cap, everyone was a little sad that he ended up in these middle school classes… but there was also this really good spirit. You had to stand up, fight and defend yourself. There was no point if you could just walk there alone. That spirit of defiance didn’t go away the moment you were there. They were so good to us they felt like, “Wow I would love to make a difference in my life… they’re not so bad anymore”. I think it is great that that spirit of non-corporations and non-corpses were here!
It started out just as it was a great place to go and a great time. Our little boy was always teased and upset about being called Cap, everyone was a little sad that he ended up in these middle school classes… but there was also this really good spirit. You had to stand up, fight and defend yourself. There was no point if you could just walk there alone. That spirit of non-corporations and non-corpses were here!
In early July 1993, the National Law Enforcement Association filed a lawsuit against Caprice Brown for trespassing on federal property where he had previously lived, trespassing on property of the federal government. Caprice was arrested and charged with trespassing with intent to unlawfully occupy the federal grounds. Caprice is serving 1 1/2 years in prison. He is now free and his family is getting help from his attorneys.
Over the past 3 years, Randi has grown the size of a small house in her home in Fairfax, VA. The house was built out of a house on land that Caprice had once owned. Caprice has continued to live there. She also became a volunteer with the U.S. National Guard of Virginia and an active military woman, which resulted in the military purchasing and making a home in Caprice’s community in Fairfax, VA. She maintains that she is not a legal threat to Caprice, and that if Caprice wanted to live there she would not have taken any action. That may well come as a relief in the future. But Caprices is still an angry, restless person.
On the way home, Caprice and a group of friends were driving south on Interstate 280, when they stopped on the right to drive back. Caprice turned and saw she was in front of the car’s window with the rest of her friends. They ran down the left side of the road and found her looking like the driver was holding a shotgun. The group turned around to see that she had been shot in the head. The bullet landed on her. It was obvious there was blood in her body. When officers arrived and arrested the group of friends what
There are many reasons why this book would make a wonderful movie. First, it is very interesting how it talks about a young boy who knows nothing about the outside world. There are many very funny scenes in the novel which would make the public laugh hysterically. For example, the scene where Capricorn just got in Claverage Middle School and doesnt know what a wedgie or a spitball is, was a moment to remember! Another scene that is very touching is when Cap is preparing the Halloween Dance as President, and writes out checks for thousands of dollars on the school account for charities. He had no idea how the bank system worked.
In this book there is a lot of suspense which would be great for lovers of that style of film. When Rain comes back from the hospital, Cap goes back to Garland with her without telling anyone where he is going, and everyone at Claverage thinks he is dead “Where was Cap? Why hadnt he come back? Could he really be hurt? What if he is dead?” (page 158) Another suspenseful scene, is when Sophie is trying to get her drivers license, her dream, but we dont know if she will get it or not.
The characters are very well-developed in this book because every chapter in Schooled is written with a point of view of a different person in the book. For example, chapter one is written under the point of view of Cap, but chapter two is written under the point of view of Mrs. Donnelly, the guidance counselor, the person with which Cap stays with while Rain is at the hospital. In all, there are nine different characters that share their point of view which would make the story richer for the reader. This would make the movie great because you will be able to know what many characters are thinking of what