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1) Because of the rabbit

Author

Lord, Cynthia

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On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit.

2) This is my home, this is my school

Author

Bean, Jonathan

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"The boy from BUILDING OUR HOUSE takes us through a typically boisterous homeschooling day with his big family"--

3) Jess

Author

Casanova, Mary

4) This journal belongs to Ratchet

Author

Cavanaugh, Nancy J

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Homeschooled by her mechanic-environmentalist father, eleven-year-old Rachel "Ratchet" Vance records her efforts to make friends, save a park, remember her mother, and find her own definition of "normal."

5) Love, Stargirl

Author

Spinelli, Jerry

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Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

6) What would Joey do?

Author

Gantos, Jack

Series

Jack Pigza volume 3

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Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.

7) Schooled

Author

Korman, Gordon

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Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.

8) My name is Mina

Author

Almond, David

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Creative, intelligent, nine-year-old Mina keeps a journal in her own disorderly way that reveals how her mind is growing into something extraordinary, especially after she begins homeschooling under the direction of her widowed mother.

9) You are my only

Author

Kephart, Beth

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Tells, in their separate voices and at a space of fourteen years, of Emmy, whose baby has been stolen, and Sophie, a teenager who defies her nomadic, controlling mother by making friends with a neighbor boy and his elderly aunts.

10) All's faire in middle school

Author

Jamieson, Victoria

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Homeschooled by Renaissance Fair enthusiasts, eleven-year-old Imogene has a hard time fitting in when her wish to enroll in public school is granted.

11) Ida B: --and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world

Author

Hannigan, Katherine

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In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.

12) Sunny

Author

Reynolds, Jason

Series

Track volume 3

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Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team--a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics. They all have a lot to lose, but they...

13) For black girls like me

Author

Lockington, Mariama

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Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.

14) Miss Teacher Mom

Author

Mirabal, Katlynne

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"Miss Teacher Mom is a children's book written from the perspective of a little girl who is homeschooled. She loves that her mom is also her teacher and explains some of the reasons why! This fun rhyming children's book takes place in the context of one day. It's a fun read with beautiful illustrations and a very positive tone. This book will help your child identify with and become excited about homeschooling and the best part- that mom is her teacher,...

15) Mama, why am I homeschooled?

Author

Ruwe, Jacy

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It's a question that nearly every homeschooled child asks at some point. With its delightful, hand-painted illustrations and rhythmic structure, this charming book shows readers how they can learn scholastic skills through everyday life.

16) Lucky few

Author

Ormsbee, Kathryn

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Homeschooler Stevie Hart meets Max, a strange boy who is obsessed with death, but what starts off as fun together begins spiraling downward when Stevie's diabetes sabotages her fumbling romance with Max, and her best friend, Sanger, announces she is moving out of state.

17) Timothy of the 10th floor

Author

Phillips, Jenny

Series

Phonics read-together books
The good and the beautiful curriculum

Summary

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"Eleven-year-old Timothy Todd lives happily with his dad on the tenth floor of the Bedford Apartments building--that is, until Timothy's cousin, Zoey, and her grandmother, Nanna Bell, come to live with them. Timothy isn't thrilled about giving up his room or sharing his life with people he barely remembers, but he soon learns how much this homeschooled girl and her loving grandmother will change his life. This read-together book is filled with mystery,...