Hubbard, Susan. The Society of S.(Brief article)(Book review)

Hubbard, Susan. The Society of S. S. & S. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 1-4165-3457-1 [ISBN 978-1-4165-3457-0]. $25. F

Ariella Montero is not your typical teen; she knows Latin but has never watched television, and her heroes are not the latest pop idols but Edgar Allen Poe and Jack Kerouac. She's been homeschooled by her father in an old Victorian mansion since her mother disappeared on the day of her birth. The cook finally convinces Ariella's father to let Ariella come home with her to meet her brood, which includes Kathleen, who is Ariella's age. They quickly become good friends, and a whole new world opens up for Ariella as she is exposed to a life beyond books. One …