eventually realizes that everyone in the family – including herself – is special in their own way. is the only Applewhite who isn’t artistic so she feels kind of left out. likes to study and collect butterflies, and she’s so organized that she already has her curriculum planned out for the entire year. Destiny, the youngest at age 5, is talkative and messy, with paint in his hair.Į.D. Cordellia writes and choreographs her own dances. Hal, the older brother (15), stays in his room all day sculpting and painting. The father is a play director and scriptwriter. The mother is an author in the middle of writing a book. Their learning style is more like unschooling, though, and the family is rather eccentric. A banner on the wall states: “education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through” (p. The Applewhites call their school-at-home the Creative Academy. In this 2003 Newbery Honor book, a juvenile delinquent named Jake Semple (with red spiked hair, piercings, and a bad smoking habit) is sent to stay with the Applewhites, a homeschool family living at Wit’s End in rural North Carolina. Wish you had your own copy of the book or movie? Just click on the product image or text links to go to the author’s site or Amazon to buy it! Do you enjoy a good story with compelling and memorable heroes and heroines? This monthly column features homeschooled characters in literature and film.
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