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''Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life'' is a realistic fiction novel by James Patterson that serves as the beginning of Patterson's ''Middle School'' series.〔http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316206716. Indiebound.org. Retrieved on August 1, 2012. 〕 Published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company on June 27, 2011, the book follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian as he begins middle school and “copes with the awkwardness of adolescence: crushes, bullying, family issues〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Patterson moves into children's books )〕 as he attempts to break every school rule and collect the most points any student's ever been given. The book received critical acclaim from many reviewers and went on to spawn its sequel, ''Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!''. CBS Films has a film adaptation scheduled for 2016 release and the actor Griffin Gluck will play Rafe Khatchadorian. Rafe is bored with sixth grade at first, but he and his friend Leonardo the Silent invent "Operation R.A.F.E.", a challenge to break every rule in his middle school handbook. He also deals with strife at home. His mother constantly works double shifts at a diner and barely gets to see Rafe and his sister, Georgia. He has a verbally abusive stepfather-to-be named Carl (aka Bear), who 'watches' over him when his mother is not home. He finds consolation in Jeanne Galletta, who is skeptical of Operation R.A.F.E and encourages him to work on his schoolwork. ==Characters== *Rafael "Rafe" Khatchadorian The protagonist of the story who is a sixth grader at Hills Village Middle School *Leonardo the Silent Rafe's imaginary friend who gets Rafe into trouble. He is based on Rafe's real twin brother Leonardo who died of meningitis when the twins were three years old. *Georgia Khatchadorian Rafe's annoying little sister who occasionally quarrels with her brother and often acts as the family tattletale whenever she hears a secret. *Jeanne Galletta One of Rafe's only friends in HVMS. She also tutors Rafe. *Miller, AKA Miller the Killer. The school bully. He thinks Rafe is using Operation R.A.F.E. to threaten his status as the biggest trouble-maker in school. He eventually pushes Rafe to a point where he beats him up. * Julie, "Jules" Khatchadorian- Rafe and Georgia's mother whose ex-boyfriend is Carl "Bear". A character attributed for making Rafe quit his game in the middle of the story. *"Bear" - Jules' abusive former fiance and lazy person everyday of his life. *Mrs. Donatello "Dragon Lady" - A teacher of HVMS who seems mean to Rafe at first, but turns out to help him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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