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Also by Quinn Cummings:

The Year Of Learning Dangerously, August 2012
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Notes From The Underwire, July 2009
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THE YEAR OF LEARNING DANGEROUSLY
By: Quinn Cummings

Adventures in Homeschooling

Perigee
August 2012
On Sale: August 7, 2012
238 pages
ISBN: 0399537600
EAN: 9780399537608
Kindle: B008EXNT2Q
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction

Think homeschooling is only for a handful of eccentrics on either end of the political spectrum? Think again. Today in America, two million primary- and secondary-school students are homeschooled. Growing at a rate of 10 percent annually, homeschooling represents the most dramatic change in American education since the invention of the mimeograph—and the story has only just begun.

In The Year of Learning Dangerously, popular blogger, author, and former child actor Quinn Cummings recounts her family’s decision to wade into the unfamiliar waters of homeschooling—despite a chronic lack of discipline, some major gaps in academic knowledge, and a serious case of math aversion. (That description refers to Quinn.)

Trying out the latest trends, attending key conferences (incognito, of course), and recounting the highlights and lowlights along the way, Quinn takes her daughter’s education into her own hands, for better and for worse. Part memoir, part social commentary, and part how-not-to guide, The Year of Learning Dangerously will make you laugh and make you think. And it may or may not have a quiz at the end. OK, there isn’t a quiz. Probably.

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - August 9, 2012