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Surviving the Applewhites (original 2002; edition 2004)

by Stephanie S. Tolan

Series: Applewhites (1)

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Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
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Title:Surviving the Applewhites
Authors:Stephanie S. Tolan
Info:HarperCollins (2004), Paperback, 224 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:atos book level 5.5

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Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (2002)

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I Pearl Ruled this book at page 60. I don't like any of the characters, and even eccentric characters should be somewhat likable. The Penderwick and Blossoms (Betsy Byars) series have likable, 3 dimensional eccentric characters, so it can be done well. It wasn't here.

What really amazes me is this book won a Newbery. I don't see how. ( )
  fuzzi | Jan 13, 2024 |
A cute story about an eccentric, creative family and their unschool.

I enjoyed reading about the kids' various curriculum choices, especially those of E.D. I liked her character and that her "special talent" was being organized.

I didn't care for Jake, one of the main characters. His development seemed a little unrealistic to me... then again, this is a children's book, so maybe I'm being too harsh.

The pet parrot who was always swearing was an undesirable (and totally unnecessary) addition to the story. Even though specific curse words were not shared, I think just mentioning profanity will get a kid's mind thinking about which curse words they know - and it's better to put good ideas into their minds. ( )
  RachelRachelRachel | Nov 21, 2023 |
Award winning book. Very good. I would recommend this book. ( )
  PKolb | Sep 8, 2023 |
There is a boy that accidentally set a school on fire name Jake.He pretended he did it on purpose his parents get arrested for trying to drug a cop. He has two choices go live with the Apple white or Juvenile detention. That is where the real bad kids are. He decided to live with the Apple whites. The apple whites are doing a play of The Sound of Music.Jake decides to join the play. He gets rid of all his piercings and cut his red hair. He stopped smoking and Jake realized that was the the real me.
In my opinion this book was amazing but they had a lot of characters so I got some of Them confused ( )
  dorianm.b2 | Jan 15, 2019 |
This is a great book. good use of characters,settings,and such.It starts with Jake going to the unschool and not liking it but then liking it ( )
  ChristianR.G1 | Oct 24, 2018 |
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Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.

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