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A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag (1987)

by Gordon Korman

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It took me awhile to finish reading this book. but it ended up as somewhat a good read. Pretty much a downer here after a few pages though after reading Raymond doing a "pity pot" routine, but yeah. it's a good one. (

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New York, New York, USA

Long Island, New York, USA

Theamelpos, Greece

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ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1987)

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For anyone who has ever turned his eyes skyward in grievous complaint.

And for Jean Feiwel and Brenda Bowen, who made sure I didn't have to.

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Although Sean Delancey had not yet met Raymond Jardine, Raymond had been scouting him for some weeks now.

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When luckless Raymond Jardine becomes Sean Delancey's eleventh-grade-English project partner, he persuades Sean's grandfather to pose as a long-deceased, obscure Canadian poet, in an effort to pass the course and win a vacation to a luxurious Greek island.… (more)