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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (Middle School #1)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author),
Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park
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 only 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...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
June 27th 2011
by Little, Brown and Company
(first published June 1st 2011)
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Okay, I'm a librarian, but I think this book tried too hard. I just never believed in the main character or the situations. And even though it tries to be funny, it's not funny. The drawings will appeal to kids, and I did like the surprise about Leo at the end, but overall, I was a little bored. Also, pulling a fire alarm is a serious offense in schools and gets kids caught up in the criminal justice system. Not very funny.
Middle School is a very enjoyable book. I rarley read stuff like this. It is about a kid named Raph goes to middle school and finds it really boring so he creats a game called operation Raph where he gets in to as much trouble as he can but later it goes too far and his mom gets very upset. Raph also has home problems because his mom is about to marry a very mean man who only sleeps and eats all day, until..... anyway, Raphis expelled from school the rest of the year but is going to start a new...more
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So far in the book, It's just been a mess of things. Just Rafe getting into trouble breaking rules we have at our own schools. It hasen't really been exciting. The chapters are very short. A few funny parts here and the but otherwise it's just been dull.
Thursday, May 23
I have just finished reading the book Middle School The Worst Years of My Life.
Rafe, our protagonist has enough problems at home with his lazy soon to be step dad and his poor mother that works the day and night shift at a diner to be able to pay for her sloppy husband. Then, when Rafe gets into middle school, nothing gets better. Being bullied and friend-zoned by his crush didn't make it better either. Then to top it all off, Rafe is not the best student, his grades to turn ou...more
I have just finished reading the book Middle School The Worst Years of My Life.
Rafe, our protagonist has enough problems at home with his lazy soon to be step dad and his poor mother that works the day and night shift at a diner to be able to pay for her sloppy husband. Then, when Rafe gets into middle school, nothing gets better. Being bullied and friend-zoned by his crush didn't make it better either. Then to top it all off, Rafe is not the best student, his grades to turn ou...more
May 19, 2013
Jerry
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
I recommend this book to fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
My brother had left this sketchy book on the shelf parallel to my bed. Having walked past it many times, I decided I would read it. Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life is about Rafe Katchadorian, who intends to start his school year with a bang. After he vows to break every rule in the book, he begins to have second thoughts as his year goes awry. Although the book was relatively enjoyable, it lacked depth, and as a result, no quotes stood out to me. The author managed to (barely) pull of...more
SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rafe, our protagonist has enough problems at home with his lazy soon to be step dad and his poor mother that works the night shift to be able to pay for her sloppy husband. Then when Rafe gets into 6th grade nothing gets better. Being bullied and friend-zoned by his crush didn't make it anything easier. Then to top it all off, Rafe is not the most hard working person in the world so his grades make everything horrible. So, to make this bad school year fun and entertaining. R...more
Rafe, our protagonist has enough problems at home with his lazy soon to be step dad and his poor mother that works the night shift to be able to pay for her sloppy husband. Then when Rafe gets into 6th grade nothing gets better. Being bullied and friend-zoned by his crush didn't make it anything easier. Then to top it all off, Rafe is not the most hard working person in the world so his grades make everything horrible. So, to make this bad school year fun and entertaining. R...more
Middle school is never an easy time for adolescent children. Between the ages of 11 and 14, everything begins to change for children physically as well as emotionally. Trying to gain acceptance is a very important part of middle school. Kids are trying to “be cool” so that their peers see them as an accepted individual. In this book, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, a young boy, Rafe struggles to find his place in the 6th grade. Rafe is an eleven year old boy entering the 6th grade whe...more
Overall: Blah. I picked this up thinking that my 11 year old would think this was amusing since she's going into middle school next year. Turns out this book is anything BUT amusing. It's about a kid who decides to break all the rules as a part of a game. Dumb. Plus I ended up worrying about the mom far more than Rafe who I just wanted to "fix." In the end, Rafe is punished for his ongoing behavior and graffittiing but then rewarded for his creative gifts by sending him to art school. Seriously....more
Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life (#1)
By James Patterson
Realistic fiction
336 pages
This book is about a kid named Rafe Khatchadorian. Rafe's life is already hard enough, and with middle school added to his already heavy load, it's harder then ever. But then, with the help of his friend Leonardo the Silent, he invents a game. To break every single prank and "crime" of middle school. Pulling the fire alarm? That's just the beginning. Rafe is on a roll, scoring more points in the game then e...more
By James Patterson
Realistic fiction
336 pages
This book is about a kid named Rafe Khatchadorian. Rafe's life is already hard enough, and with middle school added to his already heavy load, it's harder then ever. But then, with the help of his friend Leonardo the Silent, he invents a game. To break every single prank and "crime" of middle school. Pulling the fire alarm? That's just the beginning. Rafe is on a roll, scoring more points in the game then e...more
[Review in Portuguese]
Ano novo, escola nova.
Rafa Khatchadorian não apenas terá que enfrentar o Ensino Fundamental, como também terá que cursar a sexta série em uma escola NOVA.
Logo no primeiro dia ele já vê que o ano não é muito promissor, haja visto os discursos super chatos que ele foi obrigado a escutar.
Portanto, ele precisava de alguma coisa para tornar o sexto ano suportável.
A ideia capaz de salvar o mundo não demorou a aparecer. Quando cada aluno recebe o intragável código de conduta da e...more
Ano novo, escola nova.
Rafa Khatchadorian não apenas terá que enfrentar o Ensino Fundamental, como também terá que cursar a sexta série em uma escola NOVA.
Logo no primeiro dia ele já vê que o ano não é muito promissor, haja visto os discursos super chatos que ele foi obrigado a escutar.
Portanto, ele precisava de alguma coisa para tornar o sexto ano suportável.
A ideia capaz de salvar o mundo não demorou a aparecer. Quando cada aluno recebe o intragável código de conduta da e...more
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Middle School. There is a lot to say about it. Some view it as a new beginning, a new slate, and one that shall give you a second chance. Some view it as a promotion, the start of the transition between childhood and adulthood. The others, well, they view it as a survivalist situation. Rafael, or as he prefers to be acknowledged, Rafe, had just entered the sixth grade. In Middle School The Worst Years of My Life, by James Patterson, Rafe struggles with finding who he is in this foreign concept a...more
Middle school worst years of my life by James Patterson
Realistic fiction
281 pages
1 book
I have read the book Middle schools Worst Years of my life by James Paterson. This book is about a kid named Rafe he is a dorky kid who has a goal of breaking every rule in the school code. H has a system of points that go with it. He also only has 20 life's which means he can only get caught 20 times. While he is doing it he started getting a reputation that made the school bully mad. He also got hated from...more
Realistic fiction
281 pages
1 book
I have read the book Middle schools Worst Years of my life by James Paterson. This book is about a kid named Rafe he is a dorky kid who has a goal of breaking every rule in the school code. H has a system of points that go with it. He also only has 20 life's which means he can only get caught 20 times. While he is doing it he started getting a reputation that made the school bully mad. He also got hated from...more
Nov 29, 2012
Melanie
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
children-s-literature,
4th-grade,
5th-grade,
6th-grade,
humorous-stories,
families,
brothers-sisters,
siblings,
twins,
death,
grief,
schools,
behavior
Rafe is having a hard time with life right now. He's not a popular kid and only has one friend, Leo the Silent (who won't talk to anyone but Rafe). His mother has a new boyfriend/fiance who does nothing but sit on the couch and collect unemployment. Oh, yeah; he likes to yell at Rafe and his little sister Georgia, too. Like I said, life's not great.
When the new school year begins, 6th grade for Rafe, he and Leo try to think of a way that he can make it through the year without being bored out of...more
When the new school year begins, 6th grade for Rafe, he and Leo try to think of a way that he can make it through the year without being bored out of...more
3.5 stars. I'll say up front I waffled with the rating and this is at the top of three stars.
In some ways I think Patterson tried a little too hard to "be like Wimpy Kid" and have an authentic middle school voice, which sometimes felt forced, but in other ways he was surprisingly subtle and believable.
The advantage of a first-person narrator is that the character gets to chose how much of himself he wants to reveal, and Rafe parcels out bits that help us understand him more deeply only as his un...more
In some ways I think Patterson tried a little too hard to "be like Wimpy Kid" and have an authentic middle school voice, which sometimes felt forced, but in other ways he was surprisingly subtle and believable.
The advantage of a first-person narrator is that the character gets to chose how much of himself he wants to reveal, and Rafe parcels out bits that help us understand him more deeply only as his un...more
I think this is a great book that many middle school students can understand. It is about a 6th grade boy named Rafe who is coming to middle school for the first time. He gets an idea that he will try to do something by the end of the school year, which is to break every rule the school has in one year. The book shows his adventures in middle school in this hilarious realistic fiction book meant to make you laugh.
The book has strengths, such as how well the author can make you really feel like...more
The book has strengths, such as how well the author can make you really feel like...more
Middle School the Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson and Chris Tebbets is a comical work of contemporary realistic fiction. This book would best be suited to the higher Intermediate(I)/Advanced(A) reading age group. The book is illustrated in the style of a comic book but is extremely graphic with many full page illustrations.
Rafe, a young man who we learn is facing many personal struggles, starts Middle School with the intention of breaking every rule in the school rule book. After facin...more
Rafe, a young man who we learn is facing many personal struggles, starts Middle School with the intention of breaking every rule in the school rule book. After facin...more
I chose to do my review on this particular book because, it was a fun book to read and every night before I go to bed, I read and I almost always lose track of time from reading and I stay up until at least 10:30. It's a book
that has a lot of chapters but the chapters are very short most of the book and thats what I like to read, so you can actually set and achieve a goal from reading this book. It has a sequel to it and, in the first one, the main character, Rafe Khachadorian, is in sixth grad...more
that has a lot of chapters but the chapters are very short most of the book and thats what I like to read, so you can actually set and achieve a goal from reading this book. It has a sequel to it and, in the first one, the main character, Rafe Khachadorian, is in sixth grad...more
Oct 17, 2012
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book review one
About one or two weeks ago, i read the great book called Middle School, the worst years of my life by James Patterson. Our star of the the book is named Rafe Khatchadorian, a 6th Grader who fears middle school and is trying to find a way to survive it. Let’s take a look shall we.
Rafe is at an assembly on the first day and listening to the vice principal is talking about the rules, Rafe sees that his best friend Leo drew a picture of a kid breaking every r...more
10,1,12
book review one
About one or two weeks ago, i read the great book called Middle School, the worst years of my life by James Patterson. Our star of the the book is named Rafe Khatchadorian, a 6th Grader who fears middle school and is trying to find a way to survive it. Let’s take a look shall we.
Rafe is at an assembly on the first day and listening to the vice principal is talking about the rules, Rafe sees that his best friend Leo drew a picture of a kid breaking every r...more
If you listen to the audiobook, be sure to check out the drawings either on the CD, or in a book; it's not the same without them. This is the first time I can remember listening to an audiobook that made references to the fact that it was audio, so some alterations were made; it even referenced drawings by number.
I must say, I was a little disappointed in this book. I had many, many students tell me this was one of the funniest books they had ever read, but I found myself finding it incredibly s...more
I must say, I was a little disappointed in this book. I had many, many students tell me this was one of the funniest books they had ever read, but I found myself finding it incredibly s...more
I like James Patterson's transition into young adult novels. I think he has written a cleaver story with a surprising twist at the end (you'll have to read it to find out!). Patterson does a great job weaving the illustrations into the story line which I've never seen before. Even though this is the typical new boy in school, doesn't have friends, gets picked on, theme... it does make for a great read. Rafe is a likable character who isn't a bad-boy but decides if he is going to survive middle s...more
This book relates to almost any teenager entering middle school for the first time. It is about a boy named Rafe's first year of middle school. During his first day he decides to make up a game, with the help of his friend Leo, called Operation R.A.F.E where he is suppose to break every rule in the middle schools handbook, and he starts this by pulling the fire alarm. Throughout the book Rafe continues to break each of the rules while obtaining points. The point of the game is to get 1,000,000 p...more
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Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life, is one of those books that has a simple premise on the surface, but has a much deeper meaning for those who care to ponder over the words a little bit more. Rafe and Leo (his twin?, his imaginary friend?, his nemesis?) concocts a plot to break EVERY rule in the handbook before the end of 6th grade. He (they) nearly succeed, but not without expulsion from school, his mother's consternation, and his own conflicted feelings nagging at him constantly.
Leo p...more
Leo p...more
Wow , this book only took me a day and a half to read , i was so into it . I felt like i was living the life of rafe ( the main charater ) and seeing and feeling everything he did and experianced . i am so thrilled that there is a follow up to this book which sortly i am definatly going to read . The best part for me is the end .
In this book Rafeal starts middle school ( 6th grade ) and he comes up with a plan of how to get through it . He decides that he shall break every rule in the rule book...more
In this book Rafeal starts middle school ( 6th grade ) and he comes up with a plan of how to get through it . He decides that he shall break every rule in the rule book...more
Reviewed by teen reviewer Kimberly
The book Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life Life is basically like a diary of a boy named Rafe Khatchadorian. Throughout the book, Rafe follows and lives by a plan called Operation Rafe. Rafe earns points for every school rule he breaks; to Rafe it is a game. However, certain people stand in his way. Follow Rafe and read about his incredible adventures in his first year in 6th grade: middle school.
I really enjoyed this book; it had me turning pages every...more
The book Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life Life is basically like a diary of a boy named Rafe Khatchadorian. Throughout the book, Rafe follows and lives by a plan called Operation Rafe. Rafe earns points for every school rule he breaks; to Rafe it is a game. However, certain people stand in his way. Follow Rafe and read about his incredible adventures in his first year in 6th grade: middle school.
I really enjoyed this book; it had me turning pages every...more
Have you ever wanted to break every rule in the book in middle school? The book, Middle School, the Worst years of My Life, is a great book that takes you through the twist and turns in the life of Rafe and his plan to make it through sixth grade. Rafe is challenged by his friend Leo to break every rule in his school’s code of conduct. Along the way he has to fight dragons, try not to look like a loser in front of his crush Jeanne and fight the bully that has been out for him all year.
The gam...more
The gam...more
Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life, by James Patterson is a great book for 4th-6th graders. It is a good size book (about 290 pages) and it has tons of cool pictures. It only takes about a week and a half to read and it is very funny, exiting, and interesting what Rafe (the main character) has to go through in his new adventure in 6th grade at a new school. He finds out just how hard it is in middle school with teachers, girls, and even bullies. The first day of middle school he hated. He...more
I am really annoyed with most books on middle/junior high school having the same feeling. This follows that pattern. The main character, Rafe, sounds just like Patterson's previous characters and it bothers me. I seriously think all his characters are the same person.
The book basically has a similar structure to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and it's female companion Dork Diaries. There is a journal (or in this case, it's a book the character wrote) and some doodles. However, this book is half doodles a...more
The book basically has a similar structure to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and it's female companion Dork Diaries. There is a journal (or in this case, it's a book the character wrote) and some doodles. However, this book is half doodles a...more
I read this in order to continue on my challenge to find books that my seventh grade daughter and I can read together. My daughter loves, loves, loves the Maxim Ride series by this author. She had to read one for school and quickly devoured the others in quick succession. There is no doubt that James Patterson can write a blockbuster for my daughter's generation as well as my own. He traverses the YA and adult worlds quite well and I knew my daughter would probably enjoy anything by him. Upon se...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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