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What teachers can't do

Details the many things that teachers cannot do, from buying their own apples to going down the tube slide at recess.

Still just Grace

Seven-year-old Grace gets so involved in working with Grace W. and Grace F. on a school project that she fails to understand why she and her best friend, Mimi, are drifting apart.

The Fruit Bowl Project

a novel
An admittedly "dork" middle-school teacher arranges for a rock superstar to teach her eighth-grade students, who each tell a story about the same topic, in the style of a rap, poem, monologue, screenplay, haiku, fairytale, and more.

First year letters

The children in Mrs. Sarah Jane Hartwell's class write letters to her.

Salem Falls

Jack St. Bride arrives in the quiet town of Salem Falls, determined to rebuild his life and leave behind the accusations which ruined his reputation as a teacher, but just as his life is getting back on the right track, his past catches up with him.

First day jitters

Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.

Miss Nelson is back

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up.".

The fabled fourth graders of Aesop Elementary School

An unlikely teacher takes over the disorderly fourth-grade class of Aesop Elementary School with surprising results.

Clementine's letter

After learning that her favorite teacher will be leaving for a trip to Egypt and will be absent for the remainder of the year, Clementine devises a plan to get rid of the substitute and get Mr. D'Matz to stay.

My name is not easy

Luke knows his I??upiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School, students--Eskimo, Indian, White--line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. Here, speaking I??upiaq--or any native language--is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey.
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