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Sat Jun-09-07 05:10 PM
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| I need a book recommendation |
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I don't know why, but I want to read a good book about a high school teacher, and, unfortunately, they don't arrange books by the profession of the protagonist. So I'm turning to you, the Lounge. Gimme some recs!
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| Lyric
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Sat Jun-09-07 05:12 PM
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| 1. The Water Is Wide - Pat Conroy |
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Was the first good one I could think of about a teacher :)
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Sat Jun-09-07 09:49 PM
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Sat Jun-09-07 05:13 PM
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| 2. _Up the Down Staircase_ |
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From the 60s. Excellent book - poignant, tragic, funny.
Don't skip it.
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Sat Jun-09-07 06:20 PM
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| 4. By Bel Kaufmann, right? |
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Sat Jun-09-07 09:48 PM
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| 12. That's the very one. They made a movie of it -- |
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-- don't they always? :eyes: -- with Sandy Somebody as the protagonist. I can never remember her name but she was also in "The Fox."
I hope Anaxamander gets it.
:hi:
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Sat Jun-09-07 05:23 PM
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Sat Jun-09-07 07:25 PM
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is the first one that comes to mind.
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Sat Jun-09-07 07:30 PM
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| 6. Doesn't get any better than Teacher by Frank McCourt, though his previous book 'Tis |
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is also pretty good. I would have loved to been in his class! You might also check out Dangerous Minds by Lou Anne Johnson. She spoke to us at the beginning of the school year. I really admire her.
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Sat Jun-09-07 07:31 PM
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| 7. The one I'm reading right now.. |
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The Assault On Reason by Al Gore
Also:
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, Fourth Edition by Webster Griffin Tarpley
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Sat Jun-09-07 07:56 PM
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| 8. Thanks for the recs everyone! I'll check em out (nt) |
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Sat Jun-09-07 07:58 PM
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I'll gather a few more if you like. Are you looking for newer books?
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Sat Jun-09-07 08:05 PM
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| 10. I'm up for all time periods |
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Sat Jun-09-07 08:15 PM
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All the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
Ancient Egypt by David P. Silverman
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline
Rednecks & Bluenecks - The Politics Of Country Music by Chris Willman
Fooled Again by Mark Crispin Miller
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