Awards

• Short-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1990

Overview

A critically acclaimed account of one year with an urban high school teacher and the struggles she and her students face both inside the classroom and out.""Vivid, powerful prose...a book of major significance.""--Robert Coles, ""Chicago Tribune"" ""A powerful tale, beautifully and subtly told...splendid.""--Aric Press, ""Newsweek"" ""An upbeat book about triumphing against the odds...The victories seem large indeed."" ""--Time""

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9780060920876

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Reviews

Vivid, powerful prose...a book of major significance. -- Robert Coles, Chicago Tribune A powerful tale, beautifully and subtly told...splendid. -- Aric Press, Newsweek An upbeat book about triumphing against the odds...The victories seem large indeed. -- Time

""Vivid, powerful prose...a book of major significance.""-- Robert Coles, ""Chicago Tribune""""A powerful tale, beautifully and subtly told...splendid.""-- Aric Press, ""Newsweek""""An upbeat book about triumphing against the odds...The victories seem large indeed.""""-- Time""

Author Information

Samuel G. Freedman, who has won numerous awards for investigative reporting and feature writing, is a former reporter for The New York Times. He has written frequently for Rolling Stone and has taught in the Columbia University Graduate Departments of Theater and Journalism. He lives in New York City with his wife, Cynthia.

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