Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
by James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts · Middle School
The funniest on-ramp to reading for kids who think they hate books.
Kid
66
/ 100
Parent
57
/ 100
Teacher
63
/ 100
Best fit: ages 9-12
Still works: ages 8-13
Our Take
A kid magnet that teachers love for reluctant readers but parents find nutritionally light — entertainment first, growth as a side effect.
✓ Perfect for
- • Kids who say they hate reading will finish this book without realizing they just read a novel. Perfect for humor-loving nine-to-twelve-year-olds
- • especially creative or rule-questioning kids who need a protagonist that feels like them.
Book facts
- Format
- middle grade novel
- ISBN
- 9780316322027
- Series
- Middle School
- Illustration
- heavy
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