{"product_id":"old-school-paperback","title":"Old School (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling\nauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Unteachables\u003c\/i\u003e comes a hilarious story about a boy\nwho is homeschooled in his grandmother’s retirement community…until\nhe is forced to go to public school.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at\nThe Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old,\nand as a result he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own\nage. He's homeschooled by the residents up until the day the county’s truancy\nofficer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to a “real” school, to the\nlocal middle school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAt school, Dex sticks out like a sore thumb. He dresses like\na grandpa (and can be just as cranky). His taste in movies and music is decades\nout of date. Only a few students—like Gianna Greco, a reporter at the school’s\nnewspaper—find him intriguing. For most, he is either a weirdo or a target.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDexter would do anything to return to his old life at The\nPines. But when his wish finally seems to be coming true, his old and new\nworlds collide in a way that surprises everyone—Dexter most of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon Korman\u003c\/b\u003e published his first book at age\nfourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen\nnovels. Favorites include the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eUngifted\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSupergifted\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\nSuperteacher Project\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Unteachables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotorious\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnplugged\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOperation\nDo-Over\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlugfest\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives\nwith his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at\ngordonkorman.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46140315140303,"sku":"9780063238152","price":17.44,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_71720270-dbbe-484a-94e0-816364a01aa3.jpg?v=1789704388","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/old-school-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}