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What a fun book! Leo, 18 and happy to be accepted to Harvard, now looks back on the events leading up to why his scholarship to Harvard was taken away.

When Leo was 10, an upcoming trip to Canada gave him an opportunity to see his birth certificate and to find out the person he thought was his father…wasn’t. Marion X. McMurphy was his father–Marion in this case being a guy’s name. This shook up his world a little, but not as much as when he found out who Marion X. McMurphy was…the lead singer of the ‘80’s punk rock band Purge. Yes, and now all these years later, Leo’s mom was desperate to keep all this a secret.

There’s so much in this book for you to find out, like how did Leo, who was a member of the Young Republicans, get caught up in an ethics charge that would jeopardize his scholarship, how did he get hired to be on the road crew for Purge’s summer revival tour, and what will happen to Leo’s plans for going to Harvard?

Gordan Korman’s books are always funny, but I really enjoyed the humor in Born to Rock, especially how Leo’s mom coped with Leo learning about and meeting King Maggot–Marion X. McMurphy. Now I have to go back and read Son of the Mob–I hear that one is good, too.