Capricorn Anderson, Cap for short, has always lived at Garland Farm. He has been homeschooled by his grandmother, Rain, and has never met another human being. Then one day his grandmother falls and breaks her hip. Suddenly, Cap is living in a house with a surly teenager and a social worker. But it isn’t there that things go awry. For the first time in his 13 years he is in school. As a prank, he is voted 8th grade class president and is told about all his “responsibilities.” But Cap amazes everyone and soon he has 1/2 the school working on the Halloween Dance, a group doing tai chi with him every morning, and a fun filled art class where everyone tie dyes. But there are people out to get him and he is too clueless to survive. Can he survive in the real world?
This book reminds me off Stargirl except Cap is like a time traveler and is completely clueless to the world around him (including spitballs). I liked it tremendously even if at times I wanted to shake him and make him see the world around him. This would make for a great book discussion book because it touches on so many issues and yet tells a heartwarming tale.