Surviving the Applewhites
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4.0 • 78 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
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?
Customer Reviews
AMAZING
I admit at first I hated this book because I had to do it for homework but about the if not more the end I can guarantee you will get engaged in it I think it a little funny little not. A little blah and a little not. At the beginning I was even smack talking it like why would authors write meaning less books just to get people to die of boredom!! But I ended up loving it!!!❤️
Truly Exceptional
I read this book some time ago when I found it in my local library, and it was truly a joy.
It's relatively short, and an easy read, but don't take this as shallow nonsense! This book is touching, funny, and surprisingly empathetically written.
Jake may come off as a vicious troublemaker, but we learn through his eyes that there is more to him than his rebel shell.
E.D. wants orginazation and order––is that too much to ask? Her wild family drives her crazy enough, so why do they need this Jake kid to mess it up even more?
The Applewhites are a bit eccentric––part artist, part crazy. Though they seem very unusual, they end up teaching Jake some things that only the Applewhites could.
Told through the eyes of both E.D. and Jake, this story will blow past any expectations. It is truly a gem––you will not regret reading it.
~ K. A. Reid
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