Get the Summary of Stefan Merrill Block's Homeschooled in 20 minutes. Stefan Merrill Block was 9 years old when his mother decided to homeschool him. What began as simple lessons quickly turned chaotic. Stefan had to teach himself the curriculum while his mother's anxieties and wild conspiracy theories took over-including her obsessive attempts to keep him her little boy forever, as if growing up was something she could reverse. In his debut memoir, Homeschooled (2026), the bestselling novelist blends his personal story with cultural context, exploring the rise of America's loosely regulated homeschool movement, his jarring return to public school, the bullying he endured, and his escape from his mother's cage.