Part of Middle School, book 1
First published 2012
Rafe Khatchadorian walks into Hills Village Middle School knowing this year will be terrible. Home life already brings enough trouble without adding sixth grade to the mess. But Rafe has a plan to turn disaster into victory. He will break every single rule in the school's Code of Conduct and earn points for each violation. His best friend Leonardo the Silent keeps score as Rafe racks up thousands of points for chewing gum in class, running in hallways, and pulling fire alarms. Teachers, parents, and bullies all try to stop him, but Rafe pushes forward with his game. The question becomes whether winning points matters more than everything else he might lose along the way. This story follows one boy's wild scheme to survive middle school by destroying it.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, adolescence, comedy
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Hills Village Middle School
Period: Middle School
336 pages · Paperback · jimmy patterson