Polaneczky: Don't judge books by the cover
"Schooled" by Gordon Korman (Hyperion Books, 208 pp., $10.87)
Capricorn "Cap" Anderson leads a simple and peaceful life. He lives on an isolated "alternative farm commune" called Garland Farm with Rain, his grandmother and homeschool teacher.
He has never watched TV, tasted pizza or even heard of a wedgie. But one day, Rain is picking plums on their farm and falls out of the tree.
Despite the fact that Cap only is 13 years old, he knows how to drive, and takes his grandma to the hospital (being arrested for driving without a license shortly afterward). When the doctors determine that Rain broke her hip and she needs to go to rehabilitation, Cap is forced to stay with Rain's distant friend for more than four months.
Since he has never left Garland before, Cap has a lot to learn, because Zen Buddhism and Tai Chi will not be very helpful in public middle school.
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