Rumor has it that Jake Semple burned down his old school. but is he really as tough or as bad as he seems?. . .
Jake thinks Surviving this new school will be a breeze .
The only one who doesn\'t fit the Applewhite mold is E.
D.--a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the defiant Jake.
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.
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.
But is he really as tough or as bad as he seems? 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.
Jake thinks Surviving this one will be a breeze.
Only one place will take him now--a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic family of artists.
Rumor has it that Jake Semple burned down his old school
