Schooled

Canadian author Gordon Korman’s middle-grade novel, Schooled, was published in 2007. The coming-of-age novel follows 13-year-old Capricorn Anderson after he leaves the commune on which he was homeschooled by his grandmother, Rain, to live with a foster family and attend public school while Rain recovers from an accident. With no knowledge of the outside world, Capricorn struggles to fit into his new middle school, learning lessons about how rules and norms govern society and how it is possible to change them. Korman has written over 90 middle-grade and young adult novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The 39 Clues: One False Note, The Fort, Linked, The Unteachables, and Restart. Korman's work is known for its humor and for addressing large-scale social issues in a relatable format. Schooled explores themes such as Idealism Versus Realism, Authoritarian Versus Experiential Education, and Spoken Versus Unspoken Rules.

Plot Summary

Schooled is narrated from multiple perspectives, with the title of the chapter indicating the perspective from which it is told. The story starts with 13-year-old Capricorn Anderson getting arrested for driving his grandmother, Rain, to the hospital after she breaks her hip falling out of a tree.