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Stories with Inspirational Teachers

Top 10 Stories with Inspirational Teachers : The Year of Miss Agnes, Because of Mr. Terupt, Frindle, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Mr. Terupt Falls Again, Up the Down Staircase, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Ramona the Pest, The Perfect Score, The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts

The Year of Miss Agnes
AuthorKirkpatrick Hill
ISBN0689851243
A year they'll never forget
Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there...
Because of Mr. Terupt
AuthorRob Buyea
It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who...
Frindle
AuthorAndrew Clements
ISBN0689818769
From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements, a quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words that will have readers inventing their own words.

Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty...
The Great Gilly Hopkins
AuthorKatherine Paterson
ISBN0435124773
Watch out world!
The Great Gilly Hopkins is looking for a home. She's a foster kid who's been angry, lonely, and hurting for so long that's she's always ready for a fight. Be on the lookout for her best barracuda smile, the one she saves for well-meaning social workers. Watch out for her most fearful...
Mr. Terupt Falls Again
AuthorRob Buyea
ISBN0385742053
The kids and teacher of Because of Mr. Terupt are back in this warm-hearted sequel.

Fifth-grade was full of unforgettable events for Mr. Terupt and his class at Snow Hill School. Seven students were particularly affected by Mr. Terupt. Now those seven students are back, and they've been granted...
Up the Down Staircase
AuthorBel Kaufman
ISBN0060973617
Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prize-winning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom.

Never...
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
AuthorPaula Danziger
ISBN0142406546
Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she knows she's never going to be thin, and she is dead sure she'll never have a date. Life at home isn't great either, since her father bosses her and her mother around. Then along comes Ms. Finney, an English teacher who'll try anything in the classroom and actually treats...
Ramona the Pest
AuthorBeverly Cleary
ISBN0192750976
This is the second title in the hugely popular series about Ramona Quimby. Ramona doesn't think she's a pest - she knows that she isn't a pest on purpose. So how in the world does Ramona get in trouble? Why does Davy run away whenever Ramona comes near him? And how does she manage to disrupt the whole kindergarten...
The Perfect Score
AuthorRob Buyea
ISBN1101938250
No one likes or wants to take the statewide assessment tests. Not the students in Mrs. Woods's sixth-grade class, not even their teacher. It's not like the kids don't already have things to worry about. . . .

Under pressure to be the top gymnast her mother expects her to be, RANDI starts to wonder...
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
AuthorRichard Peck
ISBN0803727364
If there's one thing you can't see at the age of fifteen, it's ahead.

Russell wants nothing more than to leave his tiny hometown in Indiana, and start working on a threshing crew in the Dakotas. Only one thing stands in the way of his dream . . . school. BUT, in a stroke of luck, his horrid teacher,...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
AuthorJ.K. Rowling
ISBN0545010225
Harry Potter is leaving Privet Drive for the last time. But as he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters will not be far behind.

The protective charm that has kept him safe until now is broken. But the Dark Lord is breathing...
Die Wilden Hühner
AuthorCornelia Funke
ISBN3791504452
"Abenteuer kann man doch nicht planen wie Ballett oder so was. Die warten um die Ecke und - zack! - plötzlich sind sie da!", erklärt Sprotte ihren Freundinnen. Tatsächlich lässt das erste Abenteuer für ihre Mädchenbande DIE WILDEN HÜHNER nicht lange auf sich warten. Denn DIE PYGMÄEN, vier...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
AuthorJ.K. Rowling
ISBN0439358078
There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it’s haunting Harry Pottter’s dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?

Harry has a lot on his mind for this, his fifth year at Hogwarts: a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like...
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
AuthorGennifer Choldenko
ISBN0142500682
Antonia--"Ant" for short--has a lot of problems: Her mom adores her two blonde, ballerina sisters, but is constantly exasperated with the "nut-brown," non-dancing Ant. Her dad keeps quitting perfectly good jobs and moving the family across the country. Her entire family hates her dog. And on top...
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
AuthorMaxwell King
ISBN1419727729
Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children...
Chrissa
AuthorMary Casanova
ISBN1593695667
I read the American Girl historical series growing up (Kaya, Felicity, Josephina, Addy, Kirsten, Samantha, Kit, and Molly). This is one of the newer books featuring an American Girl Today (a specific girl/doll that is only available for one year). I thought that it was a decent read, the characters...
Wise Child
AuthorMonica Furlong
ISBN0394825985
I heard about Monica Furlong's Wise Child from fellow goodreader Ruby Hollyberry. She wrote that a friend of hers attributed this book making her a witch. That's a neat as hell description of a book, and of course, I had to check it out. I feel some major digressions coming on... Wait, is it just gas? Nah...
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