Member Review

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an eARC of this book, this is my objective opinion. Old School was definitely a nostalgia read for me, I've been a Gordon Korman fan since the early '80s when I first read and enjoyed the Macdonald Hall series as a kid. What I have always enjoyed about his books is his sense of humor and the well-developed characters, and this book was no different. Dexter is a unique 12-year-old, having been home-schooled by his grandmother and her friends at the assistant living community where they live together. But what happens when Dexter is forced to go to school and socialize with kids his own age? This story had a great premise, there's lots of warmth and wit (as is typical of this author) with a nice message about valuing our elders as well as questioning whether assimilation to the norm is really such a good thing. I enjoyed reading this book as an adult, and my 12-year-old self would have loved Dexter and sympathized with his predicament. Publishes 1-14-25.