Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1999
A young, idealistic teacher’s diary
account of her first year teaching in an inner city school.
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Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1999
A young, idealistic teacher’s diary
account of her first year teaching in an inner city school.
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Ages 16-up
Genre: Nonfiction
Multicultural stories
Appealing aspects of this book – true stories of teacher’s first year; overcoming obstacles; multicultural experiences; diary stories
Uses for this book in schools – stories from schools across time; stories from schools in different cultures; inner city experiences; examination of multicultural literature
Other books about teachers:
A boy I once knew: what a teacher learned from her student by Elizabeth
Stone
Don't you dare read this, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Freedom Writers diary : how a group of extraordinary teens used writing
to change themselves and the world around them by The Freedom Writers with Erin
Gruwell
My face to the wind : the diary of Sarah Jane Price, a prairie teacher by Jim
Murphy.
If you would like to learn more about this author visit her website at: Planet Esme http://www.planetesme.com/
Recommendations:
School Library Journal, July 1999
VOYA, December 1999
Multicultural Review, September 1999
Alex Award, 2000