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Surviving the Applewhites

Name: Surviving the Applewhites
Author: Stephanie S. Tolan

by Stephanie S. Tolan

2002•Comedy•216 pages

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyfastwholesomelightsimplelinearenclosedfool triumphantempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeExpect a good-natured, breezy comic novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Open Library rating

4.7 / 5

3 ratings

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About This Book

Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyFamilyFool triumphantEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

TheaterEccentrics and eccentricitiesJuvenile fictionFamily lifeNorth Carolina in fictionFamily life in fictionTheater in fictionNewbery Honor

Details

Author: Stephanie S. Tolan
Published: 2002
Pages: 216
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Source: Open Library

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