Old School, Gordon Korman
Old School, Gordon Korman
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Old School

Author: Gordon Korman

Narrator: Rosemary Benson, Fred Berman, Michael Crouch, Vyvy Nguyen, Mark Sanderlin, Katie Anvil Rich

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/14/2025


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables comes a hilarious story about a boy who is homeschooled in his grandmother’s retirement community…until he is forced to go to public school. Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as a result he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He's homeschooled by the residents up until the day the county’s truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to a “real” school, to the local middle school.At school, Dex sticks out like a sore thumb. He dresses like a grandpa (and can be just as cranky). His taste in movies and music is decades out of date. Only a few students—like Gianna Greco, a reporter at the school’s newspaper—find him intriguing. For most, he is either a weirdo or a target.Dexter would do anything to return to his old life at The Pines. But when his wish finally seems to be coming true, his old and new worlds collide in a way that surprises everyone—Dexter most of all.

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on June 28, 2024

Gordon Korman just keeps putting out fantastic books for middle grade students! Old School is his 105th book and he still creates new and wonderful stories that keep me turning pages as fast as I can and providing reminders that our kids are something special. This title focuses on a 7th grade boy w......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 29, 2025

A sweet wholesome read......more

Goodreads review by Kara on July 10, 2024

Wow! GK does it again! This book was so charming and heart-warming! The relationships between middle schoolers and a retirement community are examples I wish we could instill in every single community. We'd all be better for it, like the characters in this story. Do yourself a favor and get your mid......more

Goodreads review by Phyllis on January 05, 2025

Thanks to NetGalley & HarperCollins Children’s Books for a digital advance reader copy. All comments and opinions are my own. I really enjoyed this – even though it’s a middle grade book, it was engaging, realistic, humorous, and entertaining. I think any age reader would appreciate it. The story kep......more

Goodreads review by ♡• Ellie •♡ on February 12, 2025

It pains me to say this, but I think I have officially outgrown GK books 😭 It was still an enjoyable, quick read, but it just didn't HIT the way his books have before 🥲 I also felt that this was pretty much a retelling of his book "Schooled", which I LOVED... As a book for middle schoolers, it is a......more