"You don't know me at all. You don't know the first thing about me. You don't know where I'm writing this from. You don't know what I look like. You have no power over me. What do you think I look like? Skinny? Freckles? Wire-rimmed glasses over brown eyes? No, I don't think so. Better look again. Deeper. It's like a kaleidoscope, isn't it? One minute I'm short, the next minute, tall, one minute I'm geeky, one minute studly, my shape constantly changes, and the only thing that stays constant is my brown eyes. Watching you." See the world through the eyes of John who goes to an anti-school, which is not a real school. In band he sits with his giant frog that pretends to be a tuba as Mr. Steenwilly tries to help. He sits through anti-math class with his algebra teacher, Mrs. Moonface, as he tries to concentrate on word problems, though he can't keep his mind off of Gloria-Glory Hallelujah. When John gets a date with Gloria things are great at first, but.... Find out what happens in, You Don't Know Me, by David Klass.
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