Washington Times

Home-schoolers have become part of the public consciousness as academic champions and sports and cultural achievers.

In fictional works, a home-schooled character may pop up occasionally, usually characterized as superbrainy, socially isolated and an object of derision. I was pleasantly surprised recently to encounter a novel with a family of home-schooled adults as the pivotal figures.

Author Rene Gutteridge, who doesn’t home-school herself, has written three novels based on different members of a family of home-schoolers, the Hazards, after they have grown up and entered the work force. "Scoop" is a comic mystery pitting the calm Christian faith of Hayden Hazard against the frenetic insecurities of the production staff of a television news program.

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