Sahara Special

by Codell, Esmé Raji

• ISBN13: 9780786807932
• ISBN10: 0786807938
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Summary

There are two files on Sahara Jones. The one the school counselor keeps is evidence that she's a fifth-grader who needs special education. The other is the book Sahara is secretly writing, her Heart-Wrenching Life Story and Amazing Adventures. The latest chapter in her book unfolds when her mother insists that she be taken out of special Ed. So Sahara is facing fifth grade in the regular classroom, again. But why even try to do the work, Sahara wonders, if everything just winds up in the counselor's file? Enter Miss Pointy, the new fifth-grade teacher. With her eggplant-colored lipstick, and strange subjects such as "Puzzling" and "Time Travel," she's like no other teacher Sahara has ever known. Through Miss Pointy's unusual teaching, storytelling, and quiet support, Sahara finds the courage to overcome her fears and prove which file shows her true self.

Author Biography

Esme Raji Codell is an avid collector of sparkly stickers and a pretty good roller skater. She is also the author of Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, which won an Alex Award, given for the best adult books for young adults, among many honors. She has worked as a children's bookseller, teacher, and school librarian, and now runs the popular children's literature Web site www.planetesme.com. Esme lives in Chicago with her husband and son

Table of Contents

Me and Darrell Sikes	1	(13)
My True Ambition	14	(10)
At the Library	24	(6)
New Things All the Time	30	(7)
We Got Her	37	(19)
The Lion's Lesson	56	(12)
George Gets Busted	68	(10)
The Way Things Are Built	78	(17)
Miss Pointy Gets Me Where I Live	95	(15)
Orphans	110	(14)
Why Teachers Get Apples	124	(26)
Name-calling	150	(17)
Autobiographia Literaria	167