Like many middle school students, Rafe feels alone, different, and lost. He is just trying to serve his middle school sentence and move on. On his first day, his first encounter with another student is with Miller the Killer, the class bully. Rafe’s plan to try to "keep [his] head down, try to blend in, and don’t get on anyone’s bad side" doesn’t work, and Miller makes him his target. During the school assembly, Rafe gets the idea to systematically break every rule in the Hills Village Middle School Code of Conduct. He and his best and only friend, Leo the Silent, create a reality-show game with points and exciting twists. Rafe’s unusual friendship with Leo will surprise most readers.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (Middle School Series)
By James Patterson
Book 1 of 11 in the
Middle School Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 7 | Grades 3 - 8 | V | 4.5 | 30992 |
Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if he can pull it off. With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class - 5,000 points! Running in the hallway - 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm - 50,000 points! But when Rafe's game starts to catch up with him, he'll have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if he's finally ready to face the rules, bullies, and truths he's been avoiding.
Publisher: jimmy patterson
ISBN-13: 9780316546478
ISBN-10: 031654647X
Published on 8/23/2016
Binding: Paperback
Book Reviews (269)
Like many middle school students, Rafe feels alone, different, and lost. He is just trying to serve his middle school sentence and move on. On his first day, his first encounter with another student is with Miller the Killer, the class bully. Rafe’s plan to try to "keep [his] head down, try to blend in, and don’t get on anyone’s bad side" doesn’t work, and Miller makes him his target. During the school assembly, Rafe gets the idea to systematically break every rule in the Hills Village Middle School Code of Conduct. He and his best and only friend, Leo the Silent, create a reality-show game with points and exciting twists. Rafe’s unusual friendship with Leo will surprise most readers.
Like many middle school students, Rafe feels alone, different, and lost. He is just trying to serve his middle school sentence and move on. On his first day, his first encounter with another student is with Miller the Killer, the class bully. Rafe’s plan to try to "keep [his] head down, try to blend in, and don’t get on anyone’s bad side" doesn’t work, and Miller makes him his target. During the school assembly, Rafe gets the idea to systematically break every rule in the Hills Village Middle School Code of Conduct. He and his best and only friend, Leo the Silent, create a reality-show game with points and exciting twists. Rafe’s unusual friendship with Leo will surprise most readers.
This book - and the whole series - is funny and fun to read, but for hilarity and pure realism, I love Trash Can Days.
I going to start read the series It sounds really good.
i love this book so much that when my cousin tried taking it home with her i swoped them with another book that she loved and that i didn't ...
This book was pretty good. I loved the main character. It was very organized and well presented. I would definitely read more books by James Patterson.
this was an okay book, iguess . its about how this guys tries to break all the school rules, which i totally recommend not doing!!!!! the book was pretty funny though. I seriouly do not recommend doing all the stuff that Ralph did!
This book is about a boy in middle school who gets in a lot if trouble. It's extremely funny. There are 78 chapters, but there really short.
Middle School - The Worst Years of My Life is the wonderful story adventure of Ralph, and his invisible best friend/closest thing to his brother that he has, Leo the Silent and how they try and make being in middle school better. Ralph's problems are not only at school. His mom is in a relationship with a horrible father figure whom Ralph has labeled "Bear". He sits on the couch all day drinking 'Zoom' while watching TV. He has no idea how to treat children. Bear, Ralph, Ralph's sister, and Ralph's Mom will all learn a lesson in life in this funny, yet touching journey.