Schooled

Schooled

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  • Type:Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date:2022-09-04 08:21:38
  • Update Date:2025-09-14
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Ted Fox
  • ISBN:B09RK5SYJF
  • Environment:PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle

Summary

From a delightful new voice in fiction comes the story of a stay-at-home dad reclaiming his past and discovering a new future。

Jack Parker didn’t set out to be a stay-at-home dad, but his professional dreams went up in smoke after he accidentally burned down his office building。 Six years later, Jack’s got parenting his two kids down cold。

Then comes an unwelcome blast from Jack’s past: high school nemesis Chad Henson。 He beat out Jack for class president, stole his girlfriend, and never had so much as a pimple in his four years of adolescent bliss。 Now Chad has moved to the same midwestern town Jack calls home。

When Jack learns Chad is running for president of his daughter’s school board, he decides to run to settle old scores。 But parent politics prove more cutthroat than Jack could have imagined, and he’s facing unexpected challenges in his marriage, too, forcing him to question his role in the family。 Suddenly, the election is about more than Jack’s past。 It’s an opportunity to discover the person he wants to become。

People grow up, but some high school rivalries never die。 It’s time Chad Henson got schooled once and for all—and for Jack to learn a few things of his own。

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Reviews

Kristin Pacris

3。5

Jennifer

Stay-at-home dad Jack decides to run for Active Alpaca Parent Board president when he discovers that a) Chad, his nefarious high school nemesis, has moved to Jack's midwestern town and b) Chad is running for AAPB president。 That gives you a throughline for the book, but it is of course about more than that。 It is about parenting and relationships, about finding friends and figuring out that who you once were doesn't have to be all that you are but that you can bring the best of it with you。 This Stay-at-home dad Jack decides to run for Active Alpaca Parent Board president when he discovers that a) Chad, his nefarious high school nemesis, has moved to Jack's midwestern town and b) Chad is running for AAPB president。 That gives you a throughline for the book, but it is of course about more than that。 It is about parenting and relationships, about finding friends and figuring out that who you once were doesn't have to be all that you are but that you can bring the best of it with you。 This was amusing and engaging; I read it in one go。 The author's writing style and sense of playfulness reminds me a bit of John Scalzi and Dave Barry while being wholly his own。 。。。more

Sheila

Great dialogue, a little high school nemesis revenge, a parent board election and all that entails for parents & teachers today, and a plot that keeps you wondering- how’s this going to end for Jack are all parts of a great, fun read。

Rrager15

How could anyone really care about the election of a grammar school parent board election? I’m not sure how Ted Fox did it, but I cared。 They say write what you know。 Well, this author surely knows a thing or two about being a stay-at-home dad。 And someone who’s clearly given thought to the role sexism plays in the workplace。I read a lot of mysteries, and like most people I like piecing together endings。 Somehow I never saw this one coming。A good review should also point out the negatives。So I’l How could anyone really care about the election of a grammar school parent board election? I’m not sure how Ted Fox did it, but I cared。 They say write what you know。 Well, this author surely knows a thing or two about being a stay-at-home dad。 And someone who’s clearly given thought to the role sexism plays in the workplace。I read a lot of mysteries, and like most people I like piecing together endings。 Somehow I never saw this one coming。A good review should also point out the negatives。So I’ll tell you I had a hard time with the names of the kids。I’m of a generation where Klay, Lulu, Crispin just don’t make it。 But that probably says more about me than the author。 。。。more