{"id":521,"date":"2015-03-02T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T17:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=521"},"modified":"2015-03-01T09:47:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T14:47:54","slug":"episode-16-middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-16-middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 16 &#8211; Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/middleschool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-522 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/middleschool-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Middle School, The Worst Years of my Life by James Patterson\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/middleschool-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/middleschool.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/abbylibrarian\">Abby<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abbythelibrarian.com\">The Librarian<\/a>) read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316322024\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0316322024&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=BDEB34RAIUJJILHA\"><em>Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life<\/em><\/a> by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. It&#8217;s an unexpectedly dark psychological thriller (of sorts) that made us reflect on our own middle school years and also wonder if James Patterson has ever actually set foot inside a school. Listen now to hear why James Patterson once again failed to win the Newbery Medal!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-16-middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/2015\/01\/james-patterson-best-selling-author\">The Henry Ford of Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readkiddoread.com\/\">Read, Kiddo, Read<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/newberymedal\/newberymedal\">2015 Newbery Medal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Candy pairing: <\/strong>Abby says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CP3KSRU\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CP3KSRU&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=NCRM6DCWYDBFHS4B\">Almond Joys<\/a>, Kait says<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001M0UK3E\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001M0UK3E&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=OOTIJ46G3NNBN22M\"> Airheads X-Treme<\/a>, Renata says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008UVGHJY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B008UVGHJY&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=3C3TLH44W7EZ7BXZ\">Starburst jellybeans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004CLYL2Q\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004CLYL2Q&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=JRK7DQ2MIUNCMZHC\"><em>Flowers in the Attic<\/em> by V. C. Andrews. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em> <em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1188\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-521-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/16MiddleSchool.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/16MiddleSchool.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/16MiddleSchool.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/16MiddleSchool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=521-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/16MiddleSchool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"16MiddleSchool.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest Abby (The Librarian) read Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. It&#8217;s an unexpectedly dark psychological thriller (of sorts) that made us reflect on our own middle school &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-16-middle-school-the-worst-years-of-my-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[238,239,6],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-james-patterson","tag-middle-school","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}