The main character is Katya. She is a thirteen-year old who hates middle school and is determined to stay at home and be home schooled.
Milo is another teenager who is home-schooled. Katya meets him and together with Katya's friend, Francesca, start out the Homeschool Liberation League.
Some of the minor characters are Katya's parents and Eddie, a guy who helps them create the group.
The theme of this poem is that a respectful distance between neighbours is the recipe for harmonious relationships:
‘Good fences make good neighbors’.
The theme of this poem is a farmer’s pride in the wisdom passed down to him by his father:
‘He will not go behind his father's saying’.
The poet portrays an unusual and dour country character:
‘like an old-stone savage armed he moves in darkness’.
The theme of this poem is co-operation between neighbours:
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‘I let my neighbour know beyond the hill’. </span>
