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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
This uncensored diary of an unconventional teacher is a must read for those in this profession. In this diary, a record of Esme's frustrations, achievements, and struggles to maintain her individuality in the face of bureaucracy, she reveals what it takes to be a "genuine" teacher.
Author
Series
Chicago Stars volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A temperamental quarterback is given a special "birthday gift" by his teammates--a ravishing young woman. The "birthday gift" is actually a physics teacher who is using the quarterback for her own special project. But before long, this mismatched couple passionately prove that opposites attract.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
Albert Corde, newspaperman turned academic, accompanies his wife to visit her dying mother in Bucharest. At home in Chicago, his magazine articles and involvement in a student murder scandal have him in the middle of a raging controversy.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A lawyer's life and marriage take an unexpected turn when he follows a woman to a dance studio and begins to take lessons and finds he has a passion for dance. His wife thinks he is having an affair and hires a detective to follow him.