Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Narrator:

Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?

First Person

This book is a one-way trip into the feverishly artistic mind of one Rafe. We get his story straight from the source, which means we get a narrative that's 100%, unadulterated Rafe-ish goodness.

In fact, we find out that the entire narrative was written by Rafe as he's cooling his heels at the diner where his mom works and trying to stay out of trouble. This means that the narrative is even closer to Rafe than we originally thought—he's using the writing of this book as a way to come to grips with some of the things that have happened to him…like the death of his baby twin bro.