I absolutely loved this book. It truely showed every point of view that was in that school which relates directly to me because my school also has a lot of "at risk" students. This book was believable, touching, and amazingly well written. There were some parts that were uncomfortable, i.g. use of certain slang/derogeratory terms, but they weren't used as a shock factor; these ebbed as the book went on and the writing got better. All in all a great book about tolerance that everyone should read! ~~Annie Gabriel of Brooklyn Center (Brookdale Library)

posted Jul 20, 2008 at 10:53PM

this book is good it shows the pain and the hard things these students went through but it also shows that they had a teacher who really cared about them and that is what makes the book great

posted Aug 11, 2008 at 6:10PM

I have the movie and the book and the book is really great but the movie explained a LOT more! the more i read the book or saw the movie the more i liked it! Abi (Champlin library)

posted Sep 30, 2008 at 7:13PM

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