Kevin has a bad attitude Hes the one who laughs when you trip and fall In fact he may have been the one who tripped you in the first place He has a real knack for rubbing people the wrong waymdashand hes even figured out a secret way to do it with poems But what happens when the tables are turned and he is the one getting picked on Rhyme Schemer is a touching and hilarious middle-grade novel in verse about one seventh graders journey from bully-er to bully-ee as he learns about friendship family and the influence that words can have on peoples lives