"Surviving the Applewhites"

Tolan, Stephanie S. (2002). Surviving the Applewhites. New York: Scholastic, Inc.

I loved this book. It is not often that I am unable to put down a children's book, but this was one of them. The story focuses on a teenage boy whose parents are in prison and after exhausting the foster homes in his home town, he ends up with his grandfather in Traybridge. After getting expelled from the middle school he had run out of option. His only choice, besides juvenile detention is to join the Applewhites academy, a home school program of independence. In the course of his education he is finally able to discover who he really is, and where his talents lie.

I think this is a wonderful story about a boys discovery of himself and who he is. It is very well told with kid freindly language. I would recomend this book to both children and adults.

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