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English
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Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prizewinning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom.
Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of
...2) Plainsong
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
National Book Award Finalist
A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.
In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl—her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house—is pregnant, alone herself,...
A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.
In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl—her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house—is pregnant, alone herself,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
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In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book...
Author
Language
English
Description
"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272
Language
English
Description
The popular TV star recounts the year he spent teaching at Philadelphia's largest high school, the challenges he encountered in keeping students engaged, and his memories of posing disciplinary challenges to his own instructors as a teenager.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
419, 11 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Diana and Joe's seemingly idyllic family life is shattered by their seventeen-year-old daughter's illicit affair with a married teacher, a situation that escalates into a court battle that pits the teen against her parents.
9) Dragon hoops
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
445 pages : illustrations, 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of the classic Up The Down Staircase comes an unforgettable book about a year inside a troubled New York City school. In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable to help them: Jay runs a drug ring for his incarcerated...
Author
Publisher
Scrivener Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1975, Reed Thomas, a teacher in Las Vegas, was invited to move to Mount Pleasant, Utah and start a program to encourage students to remain in school, graduate, and become successful citizens. Some students at his school were petitioning to start a high school rodeo club, and Thomas became their advisor. Thomas shares insight and the lessons he learned as he used the rodeo club as a vehicle to motivate and build confidence in his students.
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