Too Uncool for School
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2025 · Est. 3.5 hour read

Too Uncool for School

Written by James Patterson and Martin Chatterton

Part of the Middle School series

Rafe's cool life is threatened by a terrible band and a school bully. Can he save his reputation?

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256 pages· 25,962 words· Est. 3.5 hour read· ~810L
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Bookroo's summary

Rafe Khatchadorian finally tastes popularity as a guitarist in a rock band and a trendy coffee shop employee. But the band is led by a school bully and sounds terrible. With the Best Band Competition looming, Rafe must transform their sound or risk losing his newfound coolness. Can he hit the stage in style, or will he return to dorkdom?

From the publisher

In this hilarious installment of a #1 New York Times bestselling series, Rafe is finally getting a taste of the cool life–but his problems are red-hot! Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village’s trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of the middle school food chain–Rafe is finally going to be popular! He just has two teeny problems: the awesome rock band is led by none other than the school bully. And the band actually isn’t awesome–they absolutely stink, and Rafe has to whip them into shape for the Best Band Competition. With Rafe’s newfound coolness on the line, will he find a way to hit the stage in style, or is he doomed to dorkdom forever?

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
256
Words
25,962
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~810L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.2
F&P level
~S
AR points
4
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
554272
Publication
Published
January 20, 2025
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780316410823

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