The book that inspired the classic film, Why Shoot the Teacher tells the story of a young man
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Auteur:Center, KatherineSommaire:Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texas-the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly loses...
- Auteur:Colgan, JennySommaire:
Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely salt air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off...
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Auteur:Harold, HughinaSommaire:Hughina Harold paints a powerful picture of a world that no longer exists in this compelling account of her experiences as a young teacher and nurse on the remote Broughton Archipelago on British Columbia’s coast in the 1930s. Fresh...
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Auteur:Shaw, LianeSommaire:Before she began writing books for teens, Liane Shaw was an elementary teacher. She brings her gifts for storytelling and humor to this account of her journey into the lives of emotionally challenged students. With little in the way of...
- Auteur:Doig, IvanSommaire:
In 1909, struggling to farm his remote homestead and raise three sons, widower Oliver Milliron despreately needs help. A housekeeper's ad in a Milwaukee newspaper, "Can't cook but doesn't bite," leads him to hire her site unseen. When...
- Auteur:Carmichael, JodiSommaire:
Louisa, a fifth grader who has ADHD and dyslexia, wishes her overly tough teacher would disappear--then fears she has unleashed a curse when Mrs. Snyder becomes ill. Lou throws herself into the play she is writing and directing for her...
- Auteur:Korman, GordonSommaire:
It's The Unteachables meets I, Robot in another funny middle school tale from Gordon Korman! It's the start of a new school year and Oliver is looking forward to a seventh-grade year full of spitballs, jokes and pranks with his friend...
- Auteur:George, CarolineSommaire:
Told in alternating voices, Darby, her ex-boyfriend Morgan, and their friends become embroiled in a murder investigation when their science teacher's body is discovered at the summer camp they all attended.
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Auteur:Flake, SharonSommaire:Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
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In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.
- Auteur:Goodman, CarolSommaire:
Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Then one more morning, Tess gets a call from the headmistress of her son, Rudy's, school: Lila Zeller, her son's girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not...
- Auteur:Thompson, TessSommaire:
When Miss Quinn Cooper arrives in Emerson Pass, Colorado, her entire life is packed into one small suitcase. Her family is depending upon her for their survival back home in Boston. Lord Alexander Barnes, the self-appointed mayor of the...
- Auteur:Halle, KarinaSommaire:
One of PopSugar's Top Summer Reads of 2021! An ordinary summer goes royally awry when a prince and princess move next door, bringing their handsome bodyguard with them, from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle. Piper Evans:...
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Auteur:Sommaire:Offers research stories of teachers and teacher educators who explore their own artistic and analytic practices in many settings. Contributors promote the development of arts-based narrative inquiries by using many artistic forms....
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Auteur:Chan, MartySommaire:When Trina’s bicycle is stolen, Marty and Remi gear up to solve the case. Once they start their investigation they are both stunned that the evidence leads them to the doorstep of their new elementary school teacher. Mr E proves to be...
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Auteur:Poulsen, David A.Sommaire:One man. One town. One almost forgotten crime. When the stranger who has answered the ad for the teaching position at Kecking Horse School climbs down from the stage on a sleepy Montana afternoon, things are about to change. With Virgil...
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Auteur:Wilbanks, ScottSommaire:Annie and her new neighbor must solve the mystery of what connects them before one of them is convicted of a murder that has yet to happen--and somehow already did.
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Auteur:Irving, WashingtonSommaire:Washington Irving weaves a bewitching tale with hints of the gothic to expose a darkness pervading social stratification in 19th-century America. In Irving’s best-known short story, a teacher vying for the hand of a wealthy socialite...
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Auteur:Rachman, TomSommaire:"The Italian Teacher is a marvel'an entertaining, heartbreaking novel about art, family, loyalty, and authenticity. Tom Rachman is an enormously talented writer - this book is alive, from the first page to the last." Tom Perrotta,...
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