Homeschooler V Middle School

She’s a social misfit with a goal – normalcy. The plan? Middle school. This could get ugly.

Kerouac(Kerry) Gardener starts eighth grade with high hopes for learning the social skills that have eluded her as a homeschooler. She has an overactive imagination and a propensity for big vocabulary words and quoting dead people.

She meets Jesse, a kleptomaniac, Floyd, a bully, Cliff, a cute guitar-playing transfer student, Ally, a popular girl, and many more. She quickly gets a reputation for being nice but also for being weird. It’s her job to change that and learn how to fit in. If she can.

This book tells the story of eighth grade from the point of view of someone new to public school. The main lesson of this social experiment? Public school kids aren't normal, just sharing a common experience.

Different clowns, same house of fun.