teachers

Steve "Sneeze" Wyatt attempts to thwart his parents' plan to have him skip eighth grade, but he has bigger problems when his friends disapprove of his new list and Mrs. "Fierce" Pierce threatens to keep him from the Invention Convention.

Introduces the use of the exclamation point through the story of Emma, a member of the Punc family who, even as a child, had a long nose, a button mouth, and a habit of speaking in exclamations.

Introduces Lisa Shlansky, an elementary school teacher, describing what she does during the school day and how she interacts with other staff and students.

When his teacher, Miss Perry, is killed in a car accident, Stevie and his elementary school classmates take turns sharing memories of her, especially her fondest wish for each day.

Examines the need for partnerships and how librarians and teachers can develop them. Includes ideas for joint programs and services.

No one agrees on the truth about the mysterious violin teacher, Renee Fitch, until she herself tells the definitive story of her life and brings together all the differing views people have of her.

Taylor Mali is a teacher turned teacher's advocate who pays tribute to the joys of her profession and explains why teachers are so vital to our society.

Living in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon neighborhood, fourteen-year-old Quinn's life has been consumed by music and the famous musicians who live nearby, but in 1971, his first girlfriend, a substitute teacher, and a draft dodger help open his eyes about the Vietnam War.

High school senior Carolina Livingston begins a passionate love affair with her new English teacher, Mr. Mann, challenging society's, and her own, ideas of what is right and wrong.