The Boy Who Owned The School

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Summary: A good comedy book by Gary Paulsen
Review: Gary Paulsen is mainly known for writing great adventure and survival books, but he shows with "The Boy Who Owned The School" that he can also write good comedy books while also telling a good story. It's about a boy named Jacob that tries to avoid the jocks and do what he can to keep from being noticed while he's in school. While I was reading the book, it reminded me a lot of how I was when I was in junior high school. The whole time he likes the best looking and one of the most popular girls in the school, Maria. He finds out that in order to have a chance to pass English he has to be a part of a school play, and Maria is in it.

"The Boy Who Owned The School" is a great book. It's interesting and it has a lot of parts that will make you laugh. If you like good books, I recommend getting this one.

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Summary: It Was Okay
Review: I liked the book because it was funny. They also did a play of the Wizard Of Oz. This boy named Jacob secretly likes this girl named Maria Tresser. One of the funny parts is when Jacob is running and he trips and falls on Maria Tresser. It was funny because he trips on his shoelace on the pritiest girl in school.
one of the bad things is when you know that the girl in the story is going to say yes to go on a date. It is always boring when they live happily ever after. Why fdoesn't the story ever end in a sad ending or something. If I were you I would rent it first before I buy it because, it is only about 85 pages and 14 chapters long. Your kids might like it.

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Summary: Hilarious.
Review: I read this book in seventh grade, when I hated school and other people just like Jacob did, and thought it was one of the funniest books I'd ever seen. The part where the fog machine overheats had me in tears, I was laughing so hard. It was nice to read a book about an outcast who didn't wallow in self-pity and turn into one of those teenage trauma heroes. I would much rather read about a smart loser with a good sense of humor and an exploding fog machine than a *whining* loser. Shows there's some hope for us all in the world. (Especially in theater and stagecraft.)

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Summary: I loved this book
Review: It's been a while since I read this, but I can remember reading it, and then rereading it, and then reading it again. This book is a one-afternoon book. You sit down and start reading, and then you finish the book without getting up. The main charachter is a reclusive boy who avoids other people, which is hard because he goes to school. You hear a lot about his popular model-in-training sister, and the lady who poured warm oil...
Pretty funny and an engaging read. Kind of corny in spots though.
Trevor

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Summary: The Boy Who Owned The School
Review: Jacob is the high school student that we all remember, and sympathize with to some extent: the social misfit who is beneath the quirky geek clique; a kid who is so socially inept that he never speaks to anyone, and indeed spends most of his time and energy figuring out how to avoid conversation altogether.
The book follows Jacob as he maneuvers his way through a distant home life and a harrowing school life. One of the most beautiful girls in school takes note of him when he is assigned to operate the fog machine in the school play, but he is so smitten with her that his usual social awkwardness devolves into a tongue-tied panic.
The Good and the Bad:
I liked the character of Jacob, and I certainly remember a student or two in school who he reminds me of. The book does a good job of fleshing out that anonymous character, and giving us reasons that contribute to that type of personality. The writing is also engaging and fun, with funny descriptive metaphors that are sure to capture the imagination of many children. But I rate the book fairly low because it is presented as a realistic story, but many of the scenes are so unrealistic as to seem surreal, or at least borrowed from a low-budget made-for-tv comedy about the horrors of high school (thought the characters seemed more junior-highish to me). For example, when Jacob accidentally stumbles into a school bully, the bully promptly stuffs him into a locker without so much as a word. There are no pop culture references, no shades of nuance in most of the characters, and a series of stereotypes about the jocks who seem to make up the majority of Jacob's classmates. Also straining belief was Jacob's over-the-top clumsiness, which often left him sprawling around like a clown in front of a crowd of peers. Nevertheless, the book is a quick and enjoyable read, and may give students a moment of reflection about their near-invisible classmates. The socially awkward student himself, however, is not likely to gain much in the way of constructive advice, as the solution to Jacob's problems lie in the persistence of a beautiful girl who is willing to put aside all of the social hierarchy because she wants to date Jacob.


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Summary: The Boy Who Owned the School
Review: The book is funny, it is about a shy boy that never likes to talk to anyone or get noticed. He's flunking english and has to work on the set of the wizrd or oz to get extra credit. Every morning he times it right to get in the school un-noticed. At the end of the book he puts to much fog in the fog machine and fills the whole atourium with fog and gets a date with a girl.

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Summary: The Boy Who Ruled the School
Review: The book is funny. It's about a shy boy the never likes to talk to anyone or be noticed. He's flunking english and has to work on the set of The Wizard of Oz to get extra credit.Every morning he times it just right to enter school un- noticed. At the end of this book, he puts to much fog into fog machine and fills the whole auditorium with fog, and gets a date with a girl.

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Summary: The Boy Who Owned the Scool
Review: The Boy Who Owned the School by Gary Paulsen keeps you on the edge of your seat. Jacob Freisten, a middle school student, was an extremely unusual boy. Jacob does not like to be noticed by any of his friends and peers. He makes a fool out of himself in front of the girl of his dreams. The story leads up to Jacob getting embarrassed.
This book is a must read because at the end of every chapter it leaves the reader hanging. The end was unusual to read you'll just have to pick up the book to see how unusual. There were so many exciting details.
Gary Paulsen is an outdoor man. All of his books are based around nature. He had to fend for himself because his parents drank too much. Once he walked into a library to get warm. If you want to know more about The Boy Who Owned the School check it out in your library