Middle School Book Comparison

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Over the past month i have read two books, which both are in the same series: The first book is “Middle School, The WORST Years of my Life”, The second book is “Middle School, SAVE RAFE!”. Both books have a amusing plot. Nevertheless, they both have major differences and similarities with the plot, conflict, setting, and characters. The plot in both books is extremely different but has a couple similarities throughout. In the first book, “Middle school, the worst years of my life” The main character: twelve year old Rafe Khatchadorian is going to attend Hills Village Middle School (In his mind it is “Prison). His brother Leo (Who is dead, but still alive in Rafe’s mind) Challenges rafe to break every rule in the rule book. Rafe accepts

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