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Among Schoolchildren
by Tracy Kidder
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Synopses & Reviews Tracy Kidder — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine and the extraordinary national bestseller House — spent nine months in Mrs. Zajac's fifth-grade classroom in the depressed "Flats" of Holyoke, Massachusetts. For an entire year he lived among twenty schoolchildren and their indomitable, compassionate teacher — sharings their joys, their catastrophes, and their small but essential triumphs. As a result, he has written a revealing, remarkably poignant account of education in America . . . and his most memorable, emotionally charged, and important book to date. Review: "Through Kidder's calmly detailed re-creation of Zajac's daily round we come to know her students' fears and inmost strivings; we also share this teacher's frustrations, loneliness and the rush of satisfaction that comes with helping students learn....A compelling microcosm of what is wrong — and right — with our educational system." Publishers Weekly
Review: "Many readers have come to expect that anything authored by Kidder will be of high merit. This latest nonfiction work is no exception....A warm, honest, refreshingly positive look inside a classroom." Library Journal
Synopsis: Brimming with the exuberance and innocence of childhood, Among School Children is the intense and affecting chronicle of a Holyoke, Massachusetts, fifth-grade teacher's passionate dedication to the children in her classroom.#Houghton Mifflin.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780380710898
- Author:
- Kidder, Tracy
- Publisher:
- Harper Perennial
- Location:
- New York : Avon Books
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Education
- Subject:
- School Age
- Subject:
- Elementary
- Subject:
- Elementary school teaching
- Subject:
- School children
- Subject:
- Fifth grade (Education)
- Subject:
- Fifth grade (Education) -- United States -- Case studies.
- Subject:
- Fifth grade
- Subject:
- General Social Science
- Subject:
- Elementary school teaching -- United States.
- Subject:
- Fifth grade (Education) -- United States.
- Copyright:
- 1989
- Edition Description:
- Includes bibliographical references p. 333-340.
- Series Volume:
- 107-323
- Publication Date:
- September 1990
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 816x532x87 56
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