The Boy Who Owned the School

by Gary Paulsen

Book Overview

Jacob Freisten, often in a fog, tries to ease through high school unnoticed, but a beautiful classmate takes notice of him and his life begins to change. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440405246
• ISBN13: 9780440405245
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A fine book to read

"The boy who owned the school"is about a boy named Jake.He has an "F" in English.The only way he can get a beter grade,is to work a fog machine in the school play "The Wizard of Oz".I think I have told plenty.The ending is awesome.If you want to find out what it is,read the book.

The Boy Who Owned the Scool

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

I loved this book

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

A good comedy book by Gary Paulsen

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.

Hilarious.

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.)