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Author
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Downsized, broke, and dumped, 38-year-old Marley sneaks home to her childhood bedroom in the town she couldn't wait to escape twenty years ago. Not much has changed in Culpepper, PA. The cool kids are still cool. Now they just own car dealerships and live in McMansions next door. Oh, and the whole town is still talking about that Homecoming she ruined her senior year. Desperate for a new start, Marley accepts a temporary position as PE teacher and...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Liz Hauck and her dad had a plan to start a weekly cooking program in a residential home for teen-aged boys in state care, which was run by the human services agency he co-directed. When her father died unexpectedly after a brief illness, Liz decided to attempt the cooking project without him. She didn't know what to expect volunteering with court-involved youth, but as a high school teacher she knew that teenagers are drawn to food-related activities,...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face appears above the students' desks and terror rushes through Nora's body. Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a...
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Zequi (Omar Chaparro) and Lucy (Martha Higareda) are about to get married. When Zequi arrives at the wedding in such bad shape after his bachelor party, that instead of saying yes, he ends up vomiting, causing Lucy to break up with him. This happens at the same time that the couple's employer, the Frida Kahlo Institute, is invited to some inter-school games on the beach. Zequi thinks that this trip is the perfect pretext to win back his love, but...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In an edenic community of wealthy Bay Area families, Molly Nicholl, a replacement teacher from a poorer, scrubbier version of California, arrives in the middle of the school year and soon becomes intrigues by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to her, a tragedy from their middle school years continues to reverberate for 'her' kids. Among these are Callista, a hippie outcast who hides her intelligence for reasons of her own; Ryan...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"George Emerson doesn't want his predictable life to change, but free-spirited ex-hippie Willow West has other plans for him. They may soon discover that no one is too old to change their lives--or find love"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book...
Publisher
Televisa Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Español
Description
Conserva para siempre las aventuras ochenteras del rockero Jagger, la punk Nina, los galanes Beto, Tito y Benny, las guapas Adela, Debbie y Aida, el simpático Eugenio, Huicho y los demás estudiantes de esta divertidisima prepa, que se las ingenian en todo momento para evitar los ragaños de la Profesora Bonilla.
The adventures of rocker Jagger, Nina the punk, hunks Beto, Tito y Benny, beauties Adela, Debbie and Aida, friendly Eugenio, Huicho and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jim Parker has always been a rock. On that his wife Sofia has come to rely. But when Jim is assaulted at the school where he teaches and then is suspected of grade fixing, Sofia and her Pinot Painter friends must spring into action to save his reputation. Sofia is, for once, also teaching at the Cabot Falls, Vermont, high school, a two-week stint in the home economics classroom instructing students in the fine are of cake decorating and candy making....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Portia Kane is escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, running back to South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else-- a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. With the 'help' of a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict,...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Lance Clayton once dreamed of a career as a rich and famous writer. He has only managed to be a single dad, and high-school poetry teacher. Kyle is his only son who is a jackass that won't give him the time of day. Lance is dating Claire, the school's adorable art teacher. She doesn't want to get serious or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating. In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his...
18) The bone house
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When 16-year-old Glory, Tresa Fischer's wild-child younger sister, turns up dead on a beach near Mark and Hilary's Florida hotel, Mark becomes the number one murder suspect. Det. Cab Bolton, who isn't one to jump to conclusions, travels from Florida to Wisconsin to unravel Mark--and Glory's--complicated lives.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing McKinley High's Glee Club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential. Going up against McKinley's cruel high school caste system and facing harsh criticism from everyone around him, Will becomes determined to prove them all wrong.
20) One perfect lie
Author
Language
English
Description
"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
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