From theNew York Timesbestselling author of The Unteachables comes a hilarious story about a boy who ishomeschooled in his grandmothers retirementcommunityuntil he is forced to go to publicschool.

Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as a result he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He’s homeschooled by the residents up until the day the countys truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to a real school, to the local middle school.

At school, Dex sticks out like a sore thumb. He dresses like a grandpa (and can be just as cranky). His taste in movies and music is decades out of date. Only a few studentslike Gianna Greco, a reporter at the schools newspaperfind him intriguing. For most, he is either a weirdo or a target.

Dexter would do anything to return to his old life at The Pines. But when his wish finally seems to be coming true, his old and new worlds collide in a way that surprises everyoneDexter most of all.