Educating Esm�: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, Expanded Edition
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Book Description
Esm� Raji Codell has written a funny, hip diary filled with one-liners and unadorned thoughts that speak volumes about the raw, emotional life of a first-year teacher. Like Ally McBeal in the classroom, the miniskirted and idealistic Codell sometimes fantasizes her career is a musical. Her inner-city Chicago elementary school fades to black as the lunch lady strikes an arabesque or a struggling st... More
Book Information
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Binding | Paperback (16 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 256 |
ISBN-10 | 1565129350 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1565129351 |
Publication Date | 09/01/2009 |
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About Esme Raji Codell (Author) : HI!!! I'm the lucky author of several books for children and a couple for grown-ups, and the site director for www.planetesme.com. I have worked as a bookseller, a fifth grade teacher, a school lib... more
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About Katherine Paterson (Foreword) : Katherine Paterson was born in China, where she spent part of her childhood. After her education in China and the American South, she spent four years in Japan, the setting for her first three novels.... more
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