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Surviving the Applewhites
 

Surviving the Applewhites

by Stephanie S. Tolan

Will anyone take on Jake Semple?
Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old school and got kicked out of every school in his home state.

Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D. -- a smart, sensible girl who... (read more)

Top tags: humor,  young adult,  fiction,  family,  newbery honor (all tags)

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SudburyYABookgroup
  • Rated 4 stars

“Krista
One of the funniest books we've read! Loved the little boy as well as all the wacky people who lived in this book. The whole idea of putting on the show, Sound of Music and what everyone went through to get to performing was really interesting. Then, there's the question of the media and their role. All in all, very good.”

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Christine D
  • Rated 2 stars

“This family in this novel is quite strange, but they will definitely have you laughing even if the whole situation seems a little unrealistic.”

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  • Rated 3.830189 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Rosie S

    rosie s said:

    “it's been like, 6 years since i read this book but i still kinda remember it.. i really liked it back then, but now that i'm older, i don't think i would ever want to read it again...
    like daniel k said, "it wasnt anything special."”

    posted Wednesday, June 18 2008
  • Daniel K

    daniel k said:

    “its been forever since ive read this book. im 16 now and it must have been at least 8 years ago since i read it, but i still remember the story. i really liked it beck then, but i seriously doubt i could make myself read it again. it wasnt anything special. if i wanted to hear about some punk kid's problems, i would talk to my friends at school. :P”

    posted Tuesday, March 4 2008
  • Channy M

    channy m said:

    “I loved this book.It was funny, and interesting. I would eswpecially recomend it children 10-13”

    posted Friday, February 29 2008
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