A New Book For Laramie

I love books and I love to buy books about as much as I love to buy shoes. For those who know me, you know what that means! It is no surprise when I come home from the store with books or get (yet another) box from Amazon but the book we received in the mail today was special. Rain Fordyce's I AM LEARNING ALL THE TIME.
It was special because it is different than any book we own. It is for Laramie and it is the story boy who is homeschooled.
When I told Laramie what the new book was about she stopped in her tracks and wanted it to be read to her. I told her I was saving it for bedtime but she wanted me to read it to her NOW. She paid attention to every word as I read to her about the central character Hugh who is homeschooled. Hugh's story unfolds much like Laramie's from people in stores asking why you aren't in school and having just a twinge or two of envy that other kids get to ride in the big yellow school bus. It has scenes common to probably most homeschoolers such as playing in the park with their other homeschool friends and vacationing during other parts of the year.
When I finished reading it Laramie said ''Ok, you can send it back now.'' Surprised at her reaction I asked her why she wanted to send it back. She replied earnestly '' So all the other homeschool kids can have a turn reading it too." What a sweet heart she has. I told her it was ours to keep and she skipped to the bookshelf and put it with her other books.
I Am Learning All The Time is very true to life so if you homeschool or know a homeschooler I highly recommend this book. I ordered it from Rain's website at http://homeschooladventurebooks.com/ . Rain also has another website that is rather interesting http://www.authentictimes.com/.
Enjoy! Tell me what you think of it. Have you read any books with a homeschooler as a central character? I would love to hear about it!