Lit up one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives
"Denby sat in on a tenth-grade English class in a demanding New York public school for an entire academic year, and visited other schools. He read all the stories, poems, plays, and novels that the kids were reading, and creates an impassioned portrait of charismatic teachers at work, classroom...
| Main Author: | Denby, David, 1943- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, New York :
Henry Holt and Company, LLC,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Beacon, September : the first days of English 10G
- Beacon, October : Faulkner and Hawthorne
- Beacon, October : Sylvia Plath and confessions
- Beacon, November : nuts matter, and bolts, too
- Beacon, November : Huxley
- Beacon, December and January : Orwell
- Mamaroneck, all year : personal choice
- Beacon, January : satire
- Beacon, February : Coelho and Hesse
- Beacon, February : Vonnegut
- Beacon, March : Viktor E. Frankl
- Hillhouse : the year
- Mamaroneck, spring : tenth-grade English
- Beacon, April and May : Dostoevsky
- Beacon, May and June : Sartre and Beckett
- Appendix 1. Reading lists
- Appendix 2. Beacon students' college list.