“Unschooling” and self-directed curriculum might be all the rage in Texas in light of our current education crisis (I know, how dare I besmirch the name of everyone’s beloved STAAR test *barf*), but Stefan Merrill Block’s personal saga serves as a dire warning at this flashpoint in time. His memoir reminisces on the homeschooling of his early adolescence, the difference between learning at home with his mother and the shock of re-entering public high school. It’s already poised to enter the pantheon of complicated parent/child relationships like those in Educated and The Glass Castle. Plus, who doesn’t love supporting a Texas-grown writer’s triumph? – Cat McCarrey