Middle school: the worst years of my life/james patterson

Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix.

Luckily, hes got an ace plan for the best year ever, if he can pull it off.

With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his schools oppressive Code of Conduct.

Chewing gum in class - 5,000 points! Running in the hallway - 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm - 50,000 points! But when Rafes game starts to catch up with him, hell have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if hes finally ready to face the rules, bullies, and truths hes been avoiding.

James Patterson is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time.

He is the author of the bestselling series for young readers, Maximum Ride, Daniel X and Witch Wizard.

This is as well as writing three of the top detective series around - the Alex Cross, Womens Murder Club and Detective Michael Bennett novels - and many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

He lives in Florida with his wife and son show more.