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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312958803

ISBN-139780312958800

eBay Product ID (ePID)77485

Product Key Features

Book TitleGirls in the Back of the Class

Number of Pages291 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicWomen's Studies, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

GenreSocial Science

AuthorLouanne Johnson

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-001553

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal373.11/0092 B

SynopsisHer classroom was the last stop for a group of troubled kids. Teacher LouAnne Johnson, the petite ex-Marine of Dangerous Minds, was their last chance. The boys, like handsome Latino Julio Escovar, expected to end up in jail. The girls, like regal, golden-skinned Simoa, often mysteriously disappeared. But not in LouAnne Johnson's class.Risking her life, and her heart, LouAnne cajoled, bribed, and loved these teens. She went out on tough urban streets to track down Simoa, she faced a dangerously angry father to get pretty, talented Araceli into art school, and she fought drug pushers, trouble-making dropouts, and burned-out teachers to leave her kids alone. Her goal was to get her kids to graduation. Her method? Believe in them... until they believed in themselves.