Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
I really like this book so far. The points of view are from two different characters, alternating each chapter between Jake and E.D. Jake's been labeled a bad kid, who can blame them considering how he's rumored to have set his school afire. E.D., named after her mom's favorite author Edith Wharton , is reluctantly part of the Applewhite family, a group of new age hippy types who dismiss structure and conventionalism. Jake is sent to live with the Applewhites and attend their avant garde homeschool when no other school will accept him. Both these characters are forced to "survive the Applewhites" against their wills.