Boy Who Owned the School vs Prairie fire: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Boy Who Owned the School Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen · 1990 ★★★★☆ 3.8 85 pages · ≈ 1 h 34 m · Light
“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.”

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…

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Cover of Prairie fire Prairie fire E. K. Johnston · 2015 ★★★★☆ 4.0 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Light

The story of Owen, dragonslayer, is continued in this book. This fantasy takes place in an alternate earth where dragons exist and are attracted to carbon emissions. The story is refreshing for a fantasy as it takes…

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Scores by source

Boy Who Owned the SchoolPrairie fire
Goodreads — 4.1 (124)
Hardcover — 3.2 (4)
Google Books 4.0 (1) —

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Boy Who Owned the SchoolPrairie fire
Ratings 1 124
Editions 8 8
Wikipedia attention — 379
Pages 85 304

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