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What is the genre of surviving the applewhites?

Children’s literature
Fiction
Surviving the Applewhites/Genres

What is the book Surviving the Applewhites about?

Surviving the Applewhites is the story of thirteen-year-old Jake Semple who after accidentally burning down his school, has been forced to live with an eccentric artist family to avoid being sent to a juvenile detention center.

What reading level is surviving the applewhites?

Surviving the Applewhites

Interest Level Reading Level ATOS
Grades 4 – 8 Grades 3 – 6 5.5

Is there a surviving the applewhites movie?

Surviving the Applewhites, the Commercial (Short 2012) – IMDb.

How old is Cordelia from surviving the applewhites?

Age 16
Cordelia Applewhite – Age 16, dancer, choreographer, composer.

Who is Winston in surviving the applewhites?

Winston the family dog who forms an attachment to Jake. Lucille Applewhite Archie’s wife, who came up with the idea to have Jake attend the Creative Academy.

Who wrote Surviving the Applewhites?

Stephanie S. Tolan
Surviving the Applewhites/Authors

About the Author Stephanie S. Tolan is the author of more than twenty-five books for young readers, including Listen!, which won the Christopher Award and the Henry Bergh ASPCA Award.

Who is govindaswamy in surviving the applewhites?

Zedediah Applewhite is the father of Randolph and Archie and grandfather to the Applewhite children. The family patriarch, Zedediah works at his own woodshop. He and Archie make wooden furniture. Govindaswami is Lucille’s guru.

Who is Ed in surviving the applewhites?

E.D. Applewhite is the middle child in the eccentric and artistic Applewhite family. At twelve years old, she is very sensitive to the family’s emphasis on artistic talent, particularly because she doesn’t’ feel like she possesses any. E.D.

Who is the author of surviving the Applewhites?

Cover of Surviving the Applewhites Author Stephanie S. Tolan Original title Surviving the Applewhites Cover artist Laurie Keller (2004 HarperTrophy edition Country United States

What happens to Jake in surviving the Applewhites?

When he’s forced to live with an eccentric family of artists called the Applewhites, Jake struggles to fit in at first. However, through an unlikely bond he forms with E.D., the Applewhite’s underappreciated 12-year-old daughter, Jake is able to shed his past transgressions and become a new person.

How old is Hal in surviving the Applewhites?

Destiny Applewhite is E.D.’s four-year-old brother. He is very active and asks many questions. The youngest of the kids, he forms a friendship with Jake. Hal Applewhite E.D.’s reclusive older brother. Fifteen years old, he is often holed up in his bedroom, only emerging at night to eat.

What kind of family are the Applewhites?

The Applewhites are an artistic family that doesn’t much believe in the idea of limitations being set on personal creativity, and so those who attend the school (mostly the family’s own children, with the exception now of Jake) are pretty much free to do whatever they want (within reason, of course).