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After teaching for two decades in North Carolina, A.J. Bucon returns to his high school alma mater in West Virginia as a person at the crossroads of his life. While on a quest to rediscover his passion for teaching and to reconnect with his past, the author finds a kindred spirit between himself and a group of high school students. Both teacher and students find common ground while traveling different directions in their own lives throughout the school year. Together they learn life lessons about who they are as individuals within a unique community, they develop faith in their own abilities to navigate changes that are so much a part of life, and they discover the means to make their corner of the world a better place not only now but on the divergent roads they will journey in the future.

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A.J. Bucon grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1982. A.J. graduated from West Liberty State College in 1986. He moved to Wilson, North Carolina, where he taught for 21 years at Ralph L. Fike High School before returning to his alma mater in 2012. A.J. has earned numerous accolades throughout his numerous years in education. He has been a National Board Certified teacher since 2011 and was recognized as Wilson County Schools Teacher of the Year in 2001, WTVD11 Neighborhood Hero - Educator of the Year in 2002, and The Bonnie McKeever Roberts Award for Excellence in Education in 2016. A.J. is currently teaching English at Central Catholic High School. He continues to make regular posts on his blog Time and Space. My Corner of the World is his first foray into book writing. A.J. currently resides in Wheeling, West Virginia, and makes regular visits to see his son Robert who continues to reside in Wilson, North Carolina, with his wife Emily and two children, Justin and Kaylee.

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