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Middle School: Million Dollar Mess
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Middle School: Million Dollar Mess

Middle School Series

Author: James Patterson

Author: Martin Ed Chatterton

Book 16 in the Middle School series

Pages: 256

Published: 2024

Age: 8+

In this laugh-out-loud funny installment of Middle School, Rafe inherits a million dollars—and a million problems—as he finds himself struggling to fit in at one of the snobbiest schools in the country. When Rafe discovers that he's inherited a fortune, it's not all good news. Sure, he gets an all-expenses-paid trip to glamorous Beverly Hills…. but he also has to go to school while he's in California. Blergh. And not just any school–St. Benedict’s, the snobbiest of snobby establishments. You can bet your bottom dollar that Rafe doesn’t exactly fit in. Toss in a ramshackle house Rafe’s family has to live in before they can inherit the money and a group of bullies who make Miller the Killer look downright friendly, and this trip might be more trash than treasure.   
 
Rafe finds himself in the middle of a very big mess. Can he tidy his life up, or will he be sent packing?

About the Middle School Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life(2011)
  2. 2.Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!(2012)
  3. 3.Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar(2013)
  4. 4.Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill(2013)
  5. 5.Middle School: Ultimate Showdown(2014)
  6. 6.Middle School: Save Rafe!(2014)
  7. 7.Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck(2015)
  8. 8.Middle School: Dog's Best Friend(2016)
  9. 9.Middle School: Escape to Australia(2017)
  10. 10.Middle School: From Hero to Zero(2018)
  11. 11.Middle School: Born to Rock(2019)
  12. 12.Middle School: Master of Disaster(2020)
  13. 13.Middle School: Field Trip Fiasco(2021)
  14. 14.Middle School: It's a Zoo in Here!(2022)
  15. 15.MIddle School: Winter Blunderland(2022)
  16. 16.Middle School: Million Dollar Mess(2024)
  17. 17.Too Uncool For School(2025)
  18. +Middle School: Going Bush(2016)
  19. +Middle School: How I Got Lost in London(2014)
  20. +Middle School: Rafe's Aussie Adventure(2015)

Reading age: 8–12 years

This series should be read in order.

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Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off...

With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class – 5,000 points! Running in the hallway – 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm – 50,000 points! But when Rafe's game starts to catch up with him, he'll have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if he's finally ready to face the rules, bullies, and truths he's been avoiding.

Acclaimed author James Patterson delivers a genuinely hilarious – and surprisingly poignant – series about a wildly imaginative, one-of-kind kid that you won't soon forget.

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