Adjusting to middle school becomes easier for twelve-year-old Maggie when she finds that her biology teacher, who is blind, can learn a few things from her about working with his guide dog.
Discovering that their beloved former teacher Miss Applebaum is terminally ill, fifteen-year-old Henry and his friend Zelda accompany her on her excursions to the colorful parts of New York City and join her in confronting death with quiet courage.
Mark Salzman chronicles his first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders, discussing what his students taught him about life.
Holly and Mads' friendship is placed in crisis when Holly begins dating Sean, a sexy senior Mads has had a crush on for ages--even though she has a boyfriend, while Lina tries to trick her Goth lab partner Ramona into liking Rex by pretending to be interested in him herself.
Three sophomore girls at the Rosewood School for Alternative Gifted Education decide to protest when their blog, The Dating Game, is banned from the campus website because of inappropriate content.
A practical guide for bringing humor into the curriculum, introducing three kinds of easy-to-follow techniques--warm -ups, laughing lessons, and play breaks.
Dexter's well-ordered life is disrupted by his uneasy interactions with his spontaneous, even zany, fourth-grade teacher Mr. Ditzwinkle and by his mother's campaign for reelection to the town's school board.
