{"product_id":"among-schoolchildren-paperback","title":"Among Schoolchildren - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Kidder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAmong School Children\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a book about needy children and a valiant teacher; it is full of the author's genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy Kidder--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Soul of a New Machine \u003c\/em\u003eand the extraordinary national bestseller \u003cem\u003eHouse--\u003c\/em\u003espent nine months in Mrs. Zajac's fifth-grade classroom in the depressed \"Flats\" of Holyoke, Massachusetts. For an entire year he lived among twenty schoolchildren and their indomitable, compassionate teacher--sharing their joys, their catastrophes, and their small but essential triumphs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a result, he has written a revealing, remarkably poignant account of education in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy Kidder -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Soul of a New Machine\u003c\/em\u003e and the extraordinary national bestseller \u003cem\u003eHouse\u003c\/em\u003e -- spent nine months in Mrs. Zajac's fifth-grade classroom in the depressed \"Flats\" of Holyoke, Massachusetts. For an entire year he lived among twenty schoolchildren and their indomitable, compassionate teacher -- sharings their joys, their catastrophes, and their small but essential triumphs. As a result, he has written a revealing, remarkably poignant account of education in America . . . and his most memorable, emotionally charged, and important book to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.16 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736827695167,"sku":"9780380710898","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/63816c1e492e3a08cc0043f1769dce1e.webp?v=1765147993","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/among-schoolchildren-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}