Boy Who Owned the School vs Fly on the Wall: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: High schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
Boy Who Owned the School
“Jacob Freisten stood in the shadow of the dumpster in back of the Reddi-Ralph store across from the high school and studied the front of the school carefully, as if considering buying it.”
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Jacob Freisten's goal in life is to go about unnoticed. He's perfect at gliding past the jocks' lockers and sneaking into his English class. That was, until now. If Jacob wants to pass English, he must work for extra…
Fly on the Wall
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At the Manhattan School for Art and Music, where everyone is "different" and everyone is "special," Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. She's the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of Spider-Man, so she…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Boy Who Owned the School highest: Boy Who Owned the School 3.8 · Fly on the Wall 3.3.
- Fly on the Wall has the widest readership — 8646 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Boy Who Owned the School | Fly on the Wall | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.2 (8646) |
| Hardcover | — | 2.9 (10) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 2.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 3.5 (13) |
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Reception
| Boy Who Owned the School | Fly on the Wall | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 8646 |
| Editions | 8 | 11 |
| Want to read | — | 11442 |
| Reading it now | — | 136 |
| Written reviews | — | 1221 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1200 |
| Pages | 85 | 192 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Boy Who Owned the School or Fly on the Wall?
Boy Who Owned the School has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Boy Who Owned the School 3.8/5, Fly on the Wall 3.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: Boy Who Owned the School or Fly on the Wall?
Boy Who Owned the School is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Boy Who Owned the School (85 pages, ≈ 1 h 34 m); Fly on the Wall (192 pages, ≈ 3 h 33 m).
Which is harder to read: Boy Who Owned the School or Fly on the Wall?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Boy Who Owned the School: Light; Fly on the Wall: Light.