This third story about the madcap family introduced in Stephanie
Tolan's Newbery Honor Book Surviving the Applewhites features even
more outlandish adventures and will appeal to fans of the Applewhites
and those meeting them for the first time.
E.D. and Jake are doing their best to forget their bewildering
kiss--after all, they're practically family--and get back to "normal"
life with the decidedly abnormal, highly creative Applewhites.
When the family's biggest fan, Jeremy Bernstein, pulls up to Wit's End
in an "Art Bus," he brings with him a proposal for an Education
Expedition: a cross-country road trip, educational quest, and
video-documented competition for a big cash prize. Jeremy also drags
along his troubled but beautiful niece, Melody. She'll be joining the
expedition with her own rebellious flair, much to Jake's delight . . .
and E.D.'s exasperation.
With characteristic Applewhite enthusiasm, the artists face disastrous
performances, fainting goats, and some very bad ideas--but can they make
it through the road trip in one piece?