First, it was a clothing boutique for pets in Pennsylvania. Then a breakfast buffet in North Carolina. Then an apple orchard in Connecticut. Now, Azalea’s dad says he’s going to drive a tour bus in Portland, Maine.
Azalea’s sick of moving. She is determined to stay in Portland and call it home. But a mysterious bandit is threatening her father’s business. Can Azalea use her new freedom as an unschooler to save the day—and her family? In Liza Kleinman’s fresh and funny debut middle-grade novel, the author deftly explores, with poise and insight, the growing unschooling movement as well as the challenges of moving to a new home, making friends, and finding room for differences within a family.
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Azalea, Unschooled, by Liza Kleinman, illustrations by Brook Gideon, published on May 5. Liza is giving away five signed copies of her delightful new book. Enter below!
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Tricia is the author of many books for middle grade, most recently "Every Single Second" (HarperCollins) and the third book in the Cody series, "Cody and the Rules of Life" (Candlewick Press). A frequent speaker at schools, libraries, and conferences, she lives in Cleveland OH. You can find out more about her and her work at www.triciaspringstubb.com
I would love to win! My sister lived outside of Portland, Oregon and I’d love to read about that setting as well as about homeschooling.
I am looking for a fresh title to Hide in my community with clues as to its Hiding place. This sounds like a good one for young middle schoolers to Search for.
I’m recommending this book for my 8-year-old niece in NC — Azalea sounds like her kind of girl!
This looks like a fun-fun-fun story. I can’t wait to read it. We homeschooled (unschooled) for a few years and learned so much. I can see a homeschooled kid getting involved in solving mysteries…
This sounds like a really fun read, and if Tricia Springstubb thinks it’s worthy of mention, I want to read it. Thanks for telling me about out.
Love this!
I’m always looking for new debut authors to read.thank you
This sounds so great! I’d love to win a copy!
I was hooked at unschooling, lol.
I don’t think I’ve read a book for kids about unschooling! What an interesting premise!
Unschooling? That’s awesome! I was homeschooled for a while, but I’ve always thought unschooling sounded really fun. Definitely would be jumping up and down for this book.
This looks adorable.
I’m always looking for great middle-grade novels with strong characters. This sounds perfect.
I’m so curious about this book. I bet I can find it lots of happy readers in my 4th grade classroom, especially since we are not too far from Portland ourselves!
I love this type of take charge character! I drew inspiration from them when I was young and I know others will too. I can relate to her issues with moving all the time. My family did it and now I’m trying to find a permanent home for my daughter, husband, and I so she won’t have to go through what I did.