It was published by townsend press and has a total of 142 pages in the book. In addition, the horn book singled out the bluford series as perennially. Lionel felt that he didnt belong in school, but he wanted to succeed. His father thinks basketball is a waste of time, his teachers dont know he can barely read and threaten to fail him, and his dropout friend, jamar, wants him to quit school. The wholebook files above are large and may require significant time to download. Schooled bluford series book 15 and millions of other books are available for. Eager to repair her relationship with her old boyfriend hakeem, darcy discovers that one of her biggest fears has come true. The bluford series is a widely read collection of contemporary american young adult novels set.
Click to read more about schooled bluford series, number 15 bluford high by paul langan. The main part of the book is how the main character faces the bully and what he does to do it. Summer of secrets of movie trailer by paul langan youtube. Later she finds out that he met a girl in detroit named anika.
Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for. The bluford series is guaranteed to make your heart race and your pulse pound. This sequel to summer of secrets continues the story of darcy wills as she begins her junior year at bluford high school. With a dream of joining the nba, all he wants to do at school is play basketball. All twentyone of the bluford series books are available in audiobook format. Bluford series 20book boxed set books 120 by ben alirez, d. Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for your feedback. The school was named after americas first black astronaut, guion bluford. Schooled by langan paul ryan hernandez 7th grade june 3,2016 characters and the state of the main characters conflict characters and the state of mind. Bluford high, named after guion guy bluford, americas first black astronaut. After his grandma is put in a hospital, he becomes the new kid at claverage middle school. Theres no backing down for lionel shephard, a new freshman at bluford high.
Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. This 52page guide for schooled by gordon korman includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 31 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. It is the one thing that gets his mind off of school. This specific book teaches that you need to stand up for our rights. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with oscar price, her moody classmate at bluford high. In the book he had to overcome alot of inner issues with himself. This book is about a boy named lionel that goes to bluford high school.
Complete bluford series all 21 books complete bluford series all 21 books related materials. The bluford series is a widely read collection of contemporary american young adult novels set in the fictional innercity high school of bluford high in southern california. The main part of the book is how the main character faces the. The bluford series is set in bluford high school, the fictional school all the main characters attend. I thought schooled by paul langan was an easy, yet good read. Each novel features a teenage protagonist facing difficult challenges in and out of school. Lionel thinks that playing basketball is going to solve all his problems. This book follows jamee wills, the little sister of darcy wills, who has appeared in many titles including lost and found, a matter of trust, and until we meet again. In this book a high school boy, lionel, felt as though he was too stupid for school.
This is about freshmen lionel shepard who wants to play basketball at bluford high, but his father wants him to worry about school and his friend jamar coles wants him to quit school and hes failing his classes. Far from bluford high, hakeem quickly finds himself in a world of trouble, and his family is at the center of it. Its based on a bluford series book and the music in it is a track that my little cousin. See more ideas about books, bluford series and books for teens. Above are bluford series books that are currently on. Each book focuses on modern day concerns and struggles.
It seemed the lack of a motherly love, someone that he can express himself emotionally. Lionel struggles when it comes to getting good grades, and completing work on time. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Characters of the book schooled by paul langan answers. Bluford series books to read my books read 180 life transitions teaching career media center reading online great books the bluford series. These are thrilling, suspenseful books filled with reallife scenarios that make them too good to put down.
Home characters summary setting theme figurative language point of view. The series was created and published by townsend press and was codistributed by scholastic. For the first time in high school, i read a book i liked. All day long, the students talked about the characters and the plot of each book. Darcy wills is an average girl who goes to bluford high school. Lionel dream is to join an nba team and all he wants to do at bluford high is to play basketball. The book was kind of bad at the beginning then at the end of the book was really good. Complete bluford series all 21 books townsend press. He is years old and the main character in this story. Schraff i fell in love the first time i read bluford series book and this was just another i wanted to read. If there are additional titles from this series that you would like added. Cap has never eaten pizza vegan and he has never watched television.
He succeeded on the basketball court more than anything. I felt like the book lacked details of most of the characters. Buy a cheap copy of schooled bluford series, number 15 book by paul langan. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The characters within the book are african american. The school, bluford high, is a contemporary urban high school. The bluford series schooled bluford high series bluford series paul langan 1591941776 9781591941774 if youre even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book. There he attended public school and worked a variety of jobsincluding salesperson at a shoe store, attendant at a horse ranch, landscaper at a mental hospital, and a nightshift stockperson in a warehouse store near atlantic city. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the bully. Sep 22, 2008 theres no backing down for lionel shephard. The bluford series is a widely read collection of contemporary american young adult novels. Patano, reading teacher philadelphia, pa i purchased the bluford series for my high school library this year. Lionel, donrel and kendra lionel could not read and he was not doing well in school. The bluford series is a collection of twentyone young adult novels that focus on the lives of a group of high school students and their families.
The series draws its name from the school which many of the characters attend. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Schooled by paul langan by adolfo capistran on prezi. But when liselles clothes stop fitting, and her brother notices her growing belly, she panics. For example, family, friendship, trust, violence, and peer. His mother was deployed and i believe that was a spiral down fall for him. Schooled bluford series, number 15 book by paul langan. A freshman at bluford high, jamee never expected vanessa pierce and her friends to go this far. Dec, 20 explore dhslibrarys board if you like the bluford high series, try. Bluford is named for guion guy bluford, the first africanamerican astronaut. No way out and schooled were selected by the american library. The two most important characters in the book called schooled are capricorn anderson, and zach powers.
Topics explored in the books include bullying, school violence, teenage pregnancy, divorce, peer pressure, and substance abuse. Sep 22, 2008 schooled is a book about a boy named lionel. With a dream of joining the nba, all lionel shephard wants to do at bluford high is play basketball, but everyone is trying to. To complicate matters, a new girl hopes to make him forget darcy. Lionel is really good at basketball but he cant keep his grades up. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Feb 25, 20 bluford series 20 book boxed set books 120. With a dream of joining the nba, all he wants to do at bluford high is play. It was published by townsend press and has a total of 151 pages in the book. The trouble starts at cheerleading practice when vanessa begins teasing angel. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. I could feel the main characters pain and relate to his point of view and how.
Paul langan born in philadelphia, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his single mother to southern new jersey. This is a project for my english class that i made using pics of me and my friends one day in 1st period. With a dream of joining the nba, all he wants to do at bluford high is play basketball. Lionel main character in the book i believed was a good kid, well rounded. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Set in fictional bluford high, a tough but nurturing inner city high school, the novels speak to the interests, struggles, and concerns of todays 5th10th graders. Schooled bluford series, number 15 bluford high by. This is about freshmen lionel shepard who wants to play basketball at bluford high, but his father wants him to worry about. I love this book because this book tells us or me as an reader that lionel is struggling on reading but not basketball. They teach valuble lessons there short and they have a very dramatic story board. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia.