It's the first day of middle school for Trevor Jones and things are not going as he had hoped. His best friend, Libby, has told Trevor that she doesn't want to be friend, friends anymore, and he has no clue how to handle the bus thing. When he asks an eighth grader for help, which he knows he's not supposed to do, Marty just tells him to "chill." Things get worse when he gets to school and is tricked into going into the teachers' bathroom. The situation doesn't improve when he tries to adhere to Libby's deadline of getting a date for the first dance of the year prior to the end of the day and then goes to lunch an hour early. Trevor isn't sure he's going to make it to the second day of school.

The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet-Epic Kid isn't exactly what I expected. Many of the troubles that Trevor has are typical first day problems for middle school students and are funny, but some are way over the top and make it seem like the author was reaching a bit too hard for humor. Trevor is described as a "worrier," which translates to extreme anxiety, but in the end, he handles it just about as well as anyone could. Other than Trevor, there isn't a lot of character development since most of the teachers and students are endowed with quirks rather than personalities. Overall, The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet-Epic Kid would have been better if it had stayed a little closer to reality with more of a focus on the documentary. ( )

The Classroom was an interesting concept - a documentary of a middle school kid - but, there was something lacking in the documentary style and I think Robin Mellom's book would have been better without that element.

The story follows Trevor, a new middle schooler, as he navigates the ins and outs of his new school without the help of his best friend Libby; who wants them to try to make friends with other people.

Trevor is a very nervous boy with a knack to get himself into awkward situations. The hilarity that ensues as he tries to meet new people and find a date to the fall dance will entertain most young readers.

There were times when I thought the story was a little slow or the situations leaned a bit to the ridiculous, but, I think it will do well with its audience. The Classroom has art by Stephen Gilpin, sprinkled throughout the story. The style of the book is similar to the Wimpy Kid books ( )

This is a hysterical glance into the lives of middle schoolers. I'd recommend this for kids who love the origami yoda series. ( )