The side-splittingly funny Newbery Honor Book about a rebellious boy
who is sent to a home-schooling program run by one family--the creative,
kooky, loud, and loving Applewhites!
Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he managed to get kicked out of
every school in Rhode Island, and actually burned the last one down to
the ground.
Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the
Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists: poet Lucille,
theater director Randolph, dancer Cordelia, and dreamy Destiny. The only
one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D.--a smart, sensible girl
who immediately clashes with the defiant Jake.
Jake thinks surviving this new school will be a breeze . . . but is he
really as tough or as bad as he seems?