| Title:The homeschool liberation league Publisher: Dial Author: Lucy Frank Lexile: [?] 630L ATOS Level: [?] 4.1 Parent Rating: |
 Pause For Age Range: 9-12 |
Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old Katya convinces her parents to try homeschooling her for a month, but while she is finally excited about learning-and about Milo, the violin prodigy who lives nearby-not everything works out as she had hoped.
Comments
If you are looking for a book for homeschooled kids, this probably isn’t the book you are looking for. It’s basically a teen throwing a fit until her parents let her have her way, mostly. Pretty anti-school, but I wouldn’t call it pro-homeschooling, either. Too mature for the publisher’s age range of 9-12! Probably best for closer to 13-14 year-olds.
Language
Level 1, 2, 3 [?]
Sexual Content
Teen makes up story of principal having affair and ‘marital relations’ with secretary, says a teacher didn’t ‘expose himself’ to her, mention of a girl who ‘got in trouble’ in high school (teen pregnancy). Teens kiss, one that is fairly intense.
Alcohol/Drugs
Grownups smoke cigarettes and cigars, Chardonnay and home-made beer mentioned
Violence/Disturbing
None
Social/Family
Some anti-school sentiment, disrespect of principal/teachers, multiple comments on body shape of girls, some struggle between the girl who wants to homeschool and her parents who don’t want her to.
Religion/Spiritual
Brief prayers for help by teen.
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it didnt say anything about a girl who got in trouble (pregnancy)
Hey Helga! It was a brief mention at the first part of the book, as I recall. I put it in because the age-range of the book is so young and wanted to give parents a heads up if their child asked what that meant (getting in trouble).
Let me know if you have other concerns!
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