E.D. and Jake are doing their best to forget their bewildering kissβafter all, theyβre practically familyβand get back to βnormalβ life with the decidedly abnormal, highly creative Applewhites.
When the familyβs biggest fan, Jeremy Bernstein, pulls up to Witβs End in an βArt Bus,β he brings with him a proposal for an Education Expedition: a cross-country road trip, educational quest, and video-documented competition for a big cash prize. Jeremy also drags along his troubled but beautiful niece, Melody. Sheβll be joining the expedition with her own rebellious flair, much to Jakeβs delight . . . and E.D.βs exasperation.
With characteristic Applewhite enthusiasm, the artists face disastrous performances, fainting goats, and some very bad ideasβbut can they make it through the road trip in one piece?
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. Her New York Times bestselling novel Surviving the Applewhites received a Newbery Honor and was named a Smithsonian Notable Childrenβs Book, a School Library Journal Best Book for Children, an ALA Booklist Editorβs Choice, an American Library Association Notable Childrenβs Book, and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Tolan has left her home by the small lake in a big woods of North Carolina and now lives in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York with a view of the Catskills Mountains and the prospect of wintertime cross country skiing. You can visit her online at www.stephanietolan.com.