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Reading With Patrick: A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
Michelle Kuo
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Description for Reading With Patrick: A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
Hardback. Reading With Patrick is the true story of a teacher, a boy who lost his way and the redemptive power of books Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; CFC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
As a young English teacher keen to make a difference in the world, Michelle Kuo took a job at a tough school in the Mississippi Delta, sharing books and poetry with a young African-American teenager named Patrick and his classmates. For the first time, these kids began to engage with ideas and dreams beyond their small town, and to gain an insight into themselves that they had never had before. Two years later, Michelle left to go to law school; but Patrick began to lose his way, ending up jailed for murder. And that's when Michelle ... Read more
As a young English teacher keen to make a difference in the world, Michelle Kuo took a job at a tough school in the Mississippi Delta, sharing books and poetry with a young African-American teenager named Patrick and his classmates. For the first time, these kids began to engage with ideas and dreams beyond their small town, and to gain an insight into themselves that they had never had before. Two years later, Michelle left to go to law school; but Patrick began to lose his way, ending up jailed for murder. And that's when Michelle ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447286073
SKU
V9781447286073
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Michelle Kuo
Michelle Kuo taught English at an alternative school in the Arkansas Delta for two years. After teaching, she attended Harvard Law School as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and worked at a nonprofit for undocumented immigrants in Oakland, California, on a Skadden Fellowship, with a focus on tenants' and workers' rights. Currently she teaches courses on race, law, and ... Read more
Reviews for Reading With Patrick: A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
[A] tender memoir.
O, the Oprah Magazine
I delighted in this book and read it in a single weekend. Reading with Patrick is a significant work that could swell the ranks of highly motivated and qualified teachers-people who understand they are not just transferring information but transforming lives
Bill Moyers A gorgeous, urgent and heartbreaking memoir.
... Read more
O, the Oprah Magazine
I delighted in this book and read it in a single weekend. Reading with Patrick is a significant work that could swell the ranks of highly motivated and qualified teachers-people who understand they are not just transferring information but transforming lives
Bill Moyers A gorgeous, urgent and heartbreaking memoir.
... Read more