Don't Care High

Don't Care High by Korman, Gordon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781443113984.

Gordon Kormans hilarious novel about alienated youth is available again! Paul Abrams has just moved from Saskatoon to New York City. At first he thinks that "Dont Care High" is just a funny nickname for his new school, Don Carey High. But he soon discovers that its a pretty accurate description. The school is run down, the student body is apathetic to the point of being comatose, and he has to barter for his own locker from Feldstein, the locker baron. Then Paul meets Sheldon, who has a grand plan. He gets Mike Otis the most mysterious, oblivious and least interested student in the school elected student council president, and then uses Mikes name to get things changed. Soon the Dont Care students find themselves caring in spite of themselves, and the administration is baffled and worried because...who IS the mysterious Mike Otis, anyway? Featuring some of its zaniest characters to date, Dont Care High, remains a treasured favourite among longtime Korman fans, and continues to speak to anyone who is trying to get through high school!