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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest friend, he does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood by him]].
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest Cap's first friend, he High does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh he can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap Hugh sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood by him]].
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mr. Kasigi needing to go to a conference gives Cap a checkbook so he can manage the finances of the student fund without him.[[spoiler: In his rush, it never occurs to him the sheltered kid who doesn't fully know what a checkbook is won't have any financial responsibility. Something Flora Donnely calls him out on]].
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* NotSoDifferent: Flora Donnelly is this to Cap. Having grown up in Garland, Donnelly knows what it was like to leave and adjust, and takes in Cap rather than stick him in a random foster home.
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* RealityEnsues: Hugh's story arc. [[spoiler: Being a bully victim does not necessarily make someone empathetic to other kids getting bullied.]]
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* HippieName: The main character is a teenage boy named Capricorn who was raised on a near-defunct commune, though he usually goes by "Cap." His grandmother, who was one of the original hippies in the 60s and never gave up her tree-hugging New Age sensibilities is named Rain, and she named her daughter (Cap's mom) Flora. It's never specified if "Rain" was her given name or if she picked it to reflect her new lifestyle.
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* GeniusDitz: Cap sheltered upbringing means he doesn't understand how a bank works, but he can operate motor vehicles including a bus at age 13, and is pretty good at math.
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Naomi's friend Lena, ultimately turns into this. She's subservient to Zach for most of the book, a cheerleader, and is described as "willing to squeeze into size-zero jeans and apply makeup with a snow blower", maintaining a network of GossipyHens that is compared to a CIA intelligence-gathering team and being "kind of a bulldozer when it came to getting what she wanted", but is liked rather than feared by the rest of the students, isn't bossy towards her own circle of friends, leaves most of the efforts to torment Cap to others, and TookkALevelInKindness towards Cap fairly quickly [[spoiler: after he saves the bus drivers life]].
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Naomi's friend Lena, ultimately turns into this. She's subservient to Zach for most of the book, a cheerleader, and is described as "willing to squeeze into size-zero jeans and apply makeup with a snow blower", maintaining a network of GossipyHens that is compared to a CIA intelligence-gathering team and being "kind of a bulldozer when it came to getting what she wanted", but is liked rather than feared by the rest of the students, isn't bossy towards her own circle of friends, leaves most of the efforts to torment Cap to others, and TookkALevelInKindness TookALevelInKindness towards Cap fairly quickly [[spoiler: after he saves the bus drivers life]].
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* CoolBigSis: [[spoiler: Sophie]] sort of graduates to this role for Cap, especially after he secretly leaves a truly heartfelt gift to her without even really thinking about it.
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* GeniusDitz: Cap sheltered upbringing means he doesn't understand how a bank works, but he can operate motor vehicles including a bus at age 13, and is pretty good at math.
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* SchoolIdol: By the end of the book, Cap has become the most popular kid in school without making the slightest conscious effort.
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* BreakTheCutie: Zach and most of his posse tries to do this to Cap. Subverted in that Cap remains ThePollyana.
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* BreakTheCutie: Zach and most of his posse tries to do this to Cap. Subverted in that Cap remains ThePollyana.ThePollyanna.
** Zach's friends come to respect and admire Cap through the story, and turn their backs on him.
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* MagneticHero: Cap averts this, with his odd appearance making him the butt of every joke. [[spoiler: Once he saves the bus driver with a stunt, suddenly everybody starts making tie dye shirts and practicing Tai Chi]].
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sophie doesn't come across pretty sympathetically when describing how the prank works to her mother, but has a point about how that's the kind of thing the local social worker should know by now.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Naomi's friend Lena, ultimately turns into this. She's subservient to Zach for most of the book, a cheerleader, and is described as "willing to squeeze into size-zero jeans and apply makeup with a snow blower", maintaining a network of GossipyHens that is compared to a CIA intelligence-gathering team and being "kind of a bulldozer when it came to getting what she wanted", but is liked rather than feared by the rest of the students, isn't bossy towards her own circle of friends, leaves most of the efforts to torment Cap to others, and TookkALevelInKindness towards Cap fairly quickly [[spoiler: after he saves the bus drivers life]].
* MagneticHero: Cap averts this, with his odd appearance making him the butt of every joke. [[spoiler: Once he saves the bus driver with a stunt, suddenly everybody starts making tie dye shirts and practicing Tai Chi]].
* LovableAlphaBitch: Naomi's friend Lena, ultimately turns into this. She's subservient to Zach for most of the book, a cheerleader, and is described as "willing to squeeze into size-zero jeans and apply makeup with a snow blower", maintaining a network of GossipyHens that is compared to a CIA intelligence-gathering team and being "kind of a bulldozer when it came to getting what she wanted", but is liked rather than feared by the rest of the students, isn't bossy towards her own circle of friends, leaves most of the efforts to torment Cap to others, and TookkALevelInKindness towards Cap fairly quickly [[spoiler: after he saves the bus drivers life]].
* MagneticHero: Cap averts this, with his odd appearance making him the butt of every joke. [[spoiler: Once he saves the bus driver with a stunt, suddenly everybody starts making tie dye shirts and practicing Tai Chi]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Zack's former sidekick Daryl gets two in quick succession in his only POV chapter [[spoiler: first when he realizes that he and the rest of the football team tackled Cap, and then when he sees Cap leaving in an ambulance]].
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* TheResenter: [[spoiler: Hugh and Zach]]. by the final act of the story.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Practically everyone in the school comes to appreciate and support Cap and even [[spoiler: Zack himself cracks just a little at the end, feeling some appreciation for Hugh, and being impressed with Cap's ability to remember everyones name]].
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* TooDumbToFool: Played with. Though he's not dumb, Cap's unfamiliarity with a public school setting is a major reason a lot of the pranks against him fail at upsetting him.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation]] with the 2019 [[Series/{{Schooled}} spin-off]] from ''Series/TheGoldbergs''
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* NeverMyFault: Zach. [[spoiler: One character literally calls him out on being this type of person.]] He also blamed Hugh for the bullying he had done, because Hugh wore a pocket protector and had nerdy hobbies.
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* NeverMyFault: Zach. [[spoiler: One character literally calls him out on being this type of person.]] He also blamed Hugh for the bullying he had done, because Hugh wore a pocket protector and had nerdy hobbies.
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* RealityEnsues: Hugh's story arc. [[spoiler: Being a bully victim does not necessarily make someone empathetic to other kids getting bullied.]]
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest friend, he does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood buy by him]].
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The students who tormented Cap got off easy. Zigzagged with Hugh and Zack. They are punished for injuring Cap, but quickly manipulate rumors about Cap's death to regain popularity]].
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Things don't improve for him much in Claverage (nicknamed "C Average" middle school) Average") Middle School where his bizarre appearance and customs make him into an outcast among his peers. But despite his circumstances, Cap may turn the school on his its ear.
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Flora calls out Rain for not teaching Cap about the real world. Rain initially brushes this, but eventually realizes that Flora was right]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Flora calls out Rain for not teaching Cap about the real world. Rain initially brushes this, this off, but eventually realizes that Flora was right]].
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* BrokenPedestal: Rain for Flora, who grew up with no survival skills because of Rain's teachings.
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** Rain herself completely eschewed modern life [[spoiler: but realizes that she wasn't giving Cap any real world experience. She eventually sells the commune and moves in with Sophie]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Cap to the student body after [[spoiler: he rescues a schoolbus following the driver suffering a heart attack.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Flora calls out Rain for not teaching Cap about the rea real world. Rain initially brushes this, but eventually realizes that Flora was right]].
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The students who tormented Cap got off easy. Hugh and Zach especially]].
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest friend, he does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood buy him]].
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest friend, he does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood buy him]].
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* CharacterDevelopment:
** Cap gradually adapts to school and comes to enjoy his time at "C Average".
** Sophie starts the story as a bratty DaddysGirl for her no-show father. Sophie gradually adapts to Cap and grows out of her blind admiration for her father.
** Hugh starts out as a meek loser, but grows into TheChessmaster over time.
** Rain herself completely eschewed modern life [[spoiler: but realizes that she wasn't giving Cap any real world experience. She eventually sells the commune and moves in with Sophie]].
** Cap gradually adapts to school and comes to enjoy his time at "C Average".
** Sophie starts the story as a bratty DaddysGirl for her no-show father. Sophie gradually adapts to Cap and grows out of her blind admiration for her father.
** Hugh starts out as a meek loser, but grows into TheChessmaster over time.
** Rain herself completely eschewed modern life [[spoiler: but realizes that she wasn't giving Cap any real world experience. She eventually sells the commune and moves in with Sophie]].
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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler: While taking her driving test, Sophie listens to the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love". Remembering that this was the engraving on her necklace, she pieces together that Cap got her the bracelet]].
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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler: While taking her driving test, Sophie listens to the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love". Remembering that this was the engraving on her necklace, bracelet, she pieces together that Cap got her the bracelet]].
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** Principal Kasigi's took a hands-off approach to students, that is to say he ignored the bullying of less popular students. It ends up biting him when Cap is elected student president as part of a cruel prank, [[spoiler: and Cap being unaware of the rules of finance, bankrupts the school's activity fund because of his need to be charitable and his own gullibility, . After being forced to shut down the school dance, Kisagi realizes he should have paid more attention to his students]].
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* NervesOfSteel: Cap's patience makes him incredibly unflappable. He can give Sophie a driving lesson without flipping out over her recklessness, [[spoiler: as well as save the bus driver]].
* OnlySaneMan: Flora and to a certain extent, Hugh.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Sophie becomes a non-romantic version of this for Cap as he starts growing on her. [[spoiler: She at one point mocks his hippie lifestyle, and then kisses him on the cheek. She again calls him this when telling him she'll be living with her]].
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* {{Tsundere}}: Sophie becomes a non-romantic version of this for Cap as he starts growing on her. [[spoiler: She at one point mocks his hippie lifestyle, and then kisses him on the cheek. She again calls him this "freakazoid" when telling him she'll be living she is going to live with her]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Flora calls out Rain for not teaching Cap about the rea world. Rain initially brushes this, but eventually realizes that Flora was right]].
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Sophie's father is rarely around for her. Sophie eventually wises up to her dad being a no show [[spoiler: and its how she figures out that her dad didn't give her the bracelet]].
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Sophie's father is rarely around for her. Sophie eventually wises up to her dad being a no show [[spoiler: and its how she figures out that her dad didn't give her the bracelet]].
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* ArrestedForHeroism: Cap is arrested when he takes command [[spoiler: of the schoolbus as the driver suffers a heart attack.]] He is confused because he did the right thing and at the time there wasn't much choice.
* BadassAdorable: Cap, in part for TurnTheOtherCheek and being a ChildProdigy.
* BadassAdorable: Cap, in part for TurnTheOtherCheek and being a ChildProdigy.
* BreakTheCutie: Zach and most of his posse tries to do this to Cap. Subverted in that Cap remains ThePollyana.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Cap to the student body after [[spoiler: he rescues a schoolbus following the driver suffering a heart attack.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Pretty much everybody, with a special mention to Zach, Sophie, and Hugh.
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* MagneticHero: Cap averted this, with his odd appearance making him the butt of every joke. [[spoiler: Once he saves the bus driver with a stunt, suddenly everybody starts making tie dye shirts and practicing Tai Chi]].
* NotSoDifferent: Flora Donnelly is this to Cap. Having grown up in Garland, Donnelly knows what it was like for him to leave and adjust, and takes in Cap rather than stick him in a random foster home.
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* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, the student body starts to believe that [[spoiler: Zach setting up Cap for a UriahGambit and appearing to get him killed]] was this and start treating him as an outcast.
* NotSoDifferent: Flora Donnelly is this to Cap. Having grown up in Garland, Donnelly knows what it was likefor him to leave and adjust, and takes in Cap rather than stick him in a random foster home.
* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, the student body starts to believe that [[spoiler: Zach setting up Cap for a UriahGambit and appearing to get him killed]] was this and start treating him as an outcast.
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* RunningGag: A heart-warming one where Cap resolves to learn every student's name.
* SpringtimeForHitler: Zach electing Cap for student president
* TheStoic: Cap is this, much to Zach's frustration.
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* UriahGambit: Zach pulls this on Cap, making him dress up [[spoiler: in a rival football team's uniform right as the home team comes out to play, which earns Cap a MegatonPunch]]. This backfires rather horribly since as many people point out, Cap could have been KILLED and [[spoiler: it seems that he has died]].
* WideEyedIdealist: Flora describes Cap as this when Kisagi calls her in a fury about [[spoiler: Cap having spent the school dance budget on multiple charities and Sophie's bracelet]]. He has the idealism of the sixties without the cynicism.
* WideEyedIdealist: Flora describes Cap as this when Kisagi calls her in a fury about [[spoiler: Cap having spent the school dance budget on multiple charities and Sophie's bracelet]]. He has the idealism of the sixties without the cynicism.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cap's hippie upbringing could be seen as this. Aside from his incredible patience, he is confused by things like banking, permits, and even putting your stuff securely in a locker.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophie, from her obsession with boys to her resentment of Cap, fits this trope to a T.
* ChildProdigy: At 13, Cap is already a skilled driver, a math genius, and an expert of Tai-Chi.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophie, from her obsession with boys to her resentment of Cap, fits this trope to a T.
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** Zach's bullying of Cap is turned back on him [[spoiler: when everyone assumes Cap is dead after Darryl gave him a MegatonPunch. Soon he is on the receiving end of spitballs]].
** Principal Kasigi's took a hands-off approach to students, that is to say he ignored the bullying of less popular students. It ends up biting him when Cap is elected student president as part of a cruel prank, [[spoiler: and Cap being unaware of the rules of finance, bankrupts the school's activity fund because of his need to be charitable and his own gullibility, . After being forced to shut down the school dance, Kisagi realizes he should have payed more attention to his students]].
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sophie herself starts showing this side when Cap helps her with driving. Darryl, one of the [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] who harassed him feels this way [[spoiler: after Cap is injured in a football stunt]].
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler: Hugh and Zach mourn Cap's death.. but they know the rumor is bullshit, and only perpetuated it to make themselves look good]].
** Zach's bullying of Cap is turned back on him [[spoiler: when everyone assumes Cap is dead after Darryl gave him a MegatonPunch. Soon he is on the receiving end of spitballs]].
** Principal Kasigi's took a hands-off approach to students, that is to say he ignored the bullying of less popular students. It ends up biting him when Cap is elected student president as part of a cruel prank, [[spoiler: and Cap being unaware of the rules of finance, bankrupts the school's activity fund because of his need to be charitable and his own gullibility, . After being forced to shut down the school dance, Kisagi realizes he should have payed more attention to his students]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Pretty much everybody, with a special mention to Zach, Sophie, and Hugh.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sophie herself starts showing this side when Cap helps her with driving. Darryl, one of the [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] who harassed him feels this way [[spoiler: after Cap is injured in a football stunt]].
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler: Hugh and Zach mourn Cap's death.. but they know the rumor is bullshit, and only perpetuated it to make themselves look good]].
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* TurnTheOtherCheek: Zach and his friends are simply unable to get a rise out of Cap.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest friend, he does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood buy him]].
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Hugh is a testament to how being an outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Despite Cap being his closest friend, he does nothing to warn him about Zach and his manipulation, just so Hugh can avoid being bullied. [[spoiler: And when Cap gains popularity, Cap sets him up to get brutally tackled out of jealousy. He then takes advantage of the rumor of Cap being dead just so he can take advantage of Cap's reputation by claiming to have stood buy him]].
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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler: While taking her driving test, Sophie listens to the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love". Remembering that this was the engraving on her necklace, she pieces together that Cap got her the bracelet]].
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Sophie when she realizes Cap bought her the bracelet]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The students who tormented Cap got off easy. Hugh and Zach especially]].
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Sophie when she realizes Cap bought her the bracelet]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The students who tormented Cap got off easy. Hugh and Zach especially]].
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* {{Tsundere}}: Sophie becomes a non-romantic version of this for Cap as he starts growing on her. [[spoiler: She at one point mocks his hippie lifestyle, and then kisses him on the cheek. She again calls him this when telling him she'll be living with her]].
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!!Tropes Are:
* CoolOldLady: Rain is this, at least to Cap. Flora, however, thought she was tyrant and resents her for not teaching her about modern life.
* NotSoDifferent: Flora Donnelly is this to Cap. Having grown up in Garland, Donnelly knows what it was like for him to leave and adjust, and takes in Cap rather than stick him in a random foster home.
!!Tropes Are:
* CoolOldLady: Rain is this, at least to Cap. Flora, however, thought she was tyrant and resents her for not teaching her about modern life.
* NotSoDifferent: Flora Donnelly is this to Cap. Having grown up in Garland, Donnelly knows what it was like for him to leave and adjust, and takes in Cap rather than stick him in a random foster home.
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Schooled is a 2007 novel by Gordon Korman
Capricorn "Cap" Anderson has grown up all his life in Garland, a hippie commune that has seen better days. He and his grandmother Rain continue to live a life of tranquility and simplicity, keeping the 60s alive.
At least until Rain breaks her hip while picking plums.
Young Cap is taken from his quiet life in Garland, and goes off to live with a social worker and her bratty daughter.
Things don't improve for him much in Claverage (nicknamed "C Average" middle school) where his bizarre appearance and customs make him into an outcast among his peers. But despite his circumstances, Cap may turn the school on his ear.
The novel was praised and received a Yong Reader's Choice Award in 2010.
Capricorn "Cap" Anderson has grown up all his life in Garland, a hippie commune that has seen better days. He and his grandmother Rain continue to live a life of tranquility and simplicity, keeping the 60s alive.
At least until Rain breaks her hip while picking plums.
Young Cap is taken from his quiet life in Garland, and goes off to live with a social worker and her bratty daughter.
Things don't improve for him much in Claverage (nicknamed "C Average" middle school) where his bizarre appearance and customs make him into an outcast among his peers. But despite his circumstances, Cap may turn the school on his ear.
The novel was praised and received a Yong Reader's Choice Award in 2010.
