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Footsore on Wisdom Road (Paperback)
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Footsore on Wisdom Road (Paperback)
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In the suspense drama Footsore on Wisdom Road, author John Meeks
drafts a tale that illustrates the power of education, as well as
the necessary strength of will that some must have in order to
achieve it. The Ellicott Center is doing great things with troubled
kids. While the school has a tough task educating the variety of
emotionally disturbed children that make up the student body, the
patience, persistence, and wisdom of the center's founder, Duncan
Rhymes, meets the challenge head on. In Footsore on Wisdom Road the
story of the real world challenges that face teachers and students
are fully explored in a fast-paced, action-packed, suspense story.
Getting through to emotionally disturbed kids is complicated
enough, but in the case of Tyler Matthews it was a veritable
impossibility-until Rhymes adopts him away from his abusive father.
The drama peaks with the threats to Ellicott, based on financial
motives, impatience, the search for an easy one-size-fits-all
solution to educational problems, and more sinisterly, the revenge
plot of a jilted, power-hungry, control-freak father who seeks to
get back at Ellicott, and the man who stole his son away. The
central themes of Footsore on Wisdom Road include issues that many
students and their schools face. Most notably the value of the
human connection between teaching staff and the children they are
charged with educating and inspiring. This connection is of utmost
importance for real learning to occur. The book juxtaposes this
significant bond with the stress of the many threats to the
student-teacher connection. Meek layers his novel with a myriad of
dramatic story lines, creating a whirlwind effect of suspenseful,
interesting hooks. How they will all play out is the ultimate
cliffhanger that climaxes amid multiple surprises and plot twists,
as well as a touch of humor.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
Authors: |
John Meeks
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
302 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4912-8034-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Teaching of specific groups >
General
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LSN: |
1-4912-8034-4 |
Barcode: |
9781491280348 |
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