Home School (novel)
Home School is a novel by Charles Webb that is the sequel to The Graduate. It was published by Random House in the United Kingdom in 2007. Background In the 1970s, Webb himself had fought to have his boys homeschooled. The sequel was written about 40 years after the original book. Webb completed writing the book around January 2005. Originally he stated that he would not have the entire book published while he remains alive, because Canal+ would have automatically had permission to produce a film based upon the book without seeking Webb's creative input. However Webb arranged to have the book published after his financial situation had deteriorated; his family was facing the threat of eviction. Because of the situation, he could not continue negotiations over the book. Random House published it in the United Kingdom. The book deal was worth £30,000 (US$56,000, €44,000). As part of the deal Random House was going to negotiate the sale of United States rights and other non-UK rights of the book. Because of this deal, Webb paid a French lawyer to check if he could retrieve the film rights. On May 2, 2006 The Times published an extract from the book. Plot