Surviving the Applewhites

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?

• Fish Out of Water: Jake Semple, a city boy with a talent for trouble, lands in a rural North Carolina home school run by a family of free-spirited artists. He's not impressed.
• An Unforgettable Found Family: From a poet aunt to a theater director dad, the Applewhites are chaotic, creative, and determined to find the good kid under Jake's bad-boy exterior.
• Unlikely Friendship: The only organized person at Wit's End is E.D. Applewhite, and she wants nothing to do with the boy who burned down his last school. Too bad they're in the same class.
• A Hilarious School Story: Packed with laugh-out-loud moments, this award-winning book is perfect for reluctant readers and anyone who has ever felt like they don't fit in.