Capers Middle School Ii: The Saga Continues

By Alvin Allen and Stephanie King

The book is a continuation of the first Capers Middle School book.

The book addresses real-life situations that students and teachers encounter in inner-city schools. The characters portrayed are middle-school students who face daily obstacles in life and as students.

Capers Middle School II directly confronts the issues of gang violence, bullying, peer pressure, and identity through the eyes of the characters. The latest research-based instructional strategies are incorporated into the novel for both new and tenured teachers to utilize to engage students.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504917469

Alvin Allen

Alvin Allen, has 18 years of experience in the field of education. During his earlier educational travels, he was a middle school and high school teacher, a STEAM coordinator, and district math consultant. Currently, he serves as a Career and Technology Education Consultant for a school district in Columbia, SC. Other notable achievements of Alvin are his degree in Educational Technology from Webster University, serving as teacher of the year twice during his career, and recipient of the Instructional Technology Spotlight Award. Also, he had a 100% passing rate on the South Carolina Algebra 1 EOC for 7 years at three different inner city schools. In his spare time, Alvin has self-published a trilogy of books Capers Middle School, Capers Middle School II: The Saga Continues, and Capers Middle School III: Life Is Not a Fairytale. The trilogy focuses on building relationships with students and the pressures students are faced with in school. He is also the cofounder of an educational consulting company called iLEGACY (Integrating and Leading Educators in Grooming and Cultivating Youth). Alvin feels that all students deserve the opportunity to learn. He goes by the motto, “Hardwork is the Key to Success!!!!”. Alva White, has 24 years of experience in the field of education. She has served as a middle school teacher, curriculum resource teacher, and currently a math consultant for a school district in Columbia, SC. With a BS in Mathematics from Benedict College, a Masters of Education in Divergent Learning from Columbia College, and her experience with overseeing a youth program for girls, the Betty Shabazz Delta Academy Program, for her chapter, Columbia (SC) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she always finds herself living life’s lessons while impacting learning for others. Alva has also served the mathematics education profession as an officer and board member for SCCTM (South Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics) and SCLME (South Carolina Leaders of Mathematics Education). Alva was the 2019 recipient of the SCCTM Outstanding Contribution to Mathematics Education Award. Her love is to share her knowledge of math with others, students and teachers alike. She truly believes that “Knowledge is POWER.”

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/17/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-1747-6 (sc)

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Setup

Chapter 2 Guardian Angel

Chapter 3 The Weekend

Chapter 4 Just Another Problem

Chapter 5 Things Are Looking Up

Chapter 6 The Plot Thickens

Chapter 7 Everything That Looks Good Is Not Good For You

Appendix Do Now

About The Author

To my little brother, Kevin Boss Hogg Williams. I love you and will always miss you.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank God for giving me the vision and story to be a voice for adolescents. I thank all my family, friends, and coworkers. Special thanks to my mother, Agnes Allen. She has been the driving force in my life since birth. Finally, I would like to thank everyone who supported me with the first Capers Middle School book.

Alvin Allen

I would like to give thanks to God Almighty for blessing me with the gift of being able to write and capture reality through the lens of our personal experiences. Secondly, I would like to send a special thanks to an individual who has showed me the power we possess in the realm of our hands through prayer. Indeed it was given to us through God, and we have the ability to do anything our imagination desires. Thank you to all my family and friends who have shown their continued support and blessings for this project.

Stephanie King

Capers Middle School

Second Nine Weeks

The Triangle

Ms. Jennings allows me to go to the restroom to clean my clothes. For some odd reason, the hallway is dead silent. It feels like a scene from the show The Walking Dead. There’s no one walking, talking, or even standing in the hallway. This is extremely unusual for Capers. It feels like some sort of scary movie in which I am waiting for the killer to jump out and scare me to death. Ugh, I have a terrible feeling that something strange is about to occur. My stomach begins to ache. It feels like thousands of worms are swirling around inside of me. The restroom door is about one hundred feet away from the cafeteria, but it seems like it’s taking me two hours to reach it! When I get to the restroom, the door swings open. I walk inside, and guess who is standing in the corner? Yes, it’s Lajuana, the bully! She has an intense look on her face. I begin to realize that this is all a setup to get me to the restroom. The time has finally come to face my biggest fear.

INTRODUCTION

B etrayal, lies, friendships tested. Who can you trust these days? Capers Middle School is a place where you don’t know who to confide in. The real test is trying to figure out who really has your best interests at heart.

Through the lens of fictional characters, real-life