{"product_id":"surviving-the-applewhites-9780064410441","title":"Surviving the Applewhites","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 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  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he managed to get kicked out of every school in Rhode Island, and actually \u003cem\u003eburned \u003c\/em\u003ethe last one down to the ground. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJake thinks surviving this new school will be a breeze . . . but is he really as tough or as \u003cem\u003ebad\u003c\/em\u003e as he seems?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTolan, Stephanie S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eStephanie S. Tolan is the author of more than twenty-five books for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eListen!, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the Christopher Award and the Henry Bergh ASPCA Award. Her \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eSurviving the Applewhites\u003c\/em\u003e received a Newbery Honor and was named a Smithsonian Notable Children's Book, a \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book for Children, an ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Tolan has left her home by the small lake in a big woods of North Carolina and now lives in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York with a view of the Catskills Mountains and the prospect of wintertime cross country skiing. You can visit her online at www.stephanietolan.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626509603090,"sku":"9780064410441","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9c9ba12-5012-49cc-b1fa-f450afaead98.jpg?v=1737267367","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/surviving-the-applewhites-9780064410441","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}