Don't call me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer

Ishmael Leseur wants to escape. While reading this book, you feel indulged, and happy, beacause there are great chapters and weird ideas. The protagonist of this story is Ishmael Leseur. In year 9 and 14 years old, he wants to escape from his 'Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome'. Some of the other main characters, include James Scobie; the new boy, Barry Bagsley; the bad boy of year 9, Orazio Zorzotto (or the Big Z as he calls himself), Ignatus Rindabel and Bill Kingsley. This story is set in a high school, St Daniel's Boys College to be exact. Lot's of things happen here. The teachers at the school aren't that strict but when things happen, there are plenty of detentions. The complication of the story is that Ishmael has to get past his Syndrome and all the teasing. Many mishaps occur including an incident with spiders, snakes and insects. I think the author has done an excellent job at creating crazy characters and interesting scenes. This book will take you into Ishmael's world. I recommend this to people who enjoy humour and adventure books. I rate this book 9/10 Reviewed by Bridget