{"product_id":"teaching-huckleberry-finn-9781476674285","title":"Teaching Huckleberry Finn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Nearly all of the Gadsden County''s student body is black and considered economically disadvantaged, the highest percentage of any school district in Florida. Fewer than 15 percent perform at grade level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   An idealistic new teacher at East Gadsden High, John Nogowski saw that the Department of Education''s techniques would not work in this environment. He wanted to make an impact in his students'' lives. In a room stacked with battered classics like \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, he found 30 pristine, quarantined copies of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Abused by an alcoholic father, neglected by his own community, consigned to a life of privation and danger. Wouldn''t Huck strike a chord with these kids? Were he alive today, wouldn''t he \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e one of them? Part lesson plan, part memoir, Nogowski''s surprising narrative details his experience teaching Twain''s politically charged satire of American racism and hypocris\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040443072855,"sku":"9781476674285","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476674285.jpg?v=1750946764","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-huckleberry-finn-9781476674285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}