Tomorrow marks my 25th year in education. WOW. The beginning of the school year is such an exciting time. It really is fun to meet new kids--It's especially rewarding to show them that they can accomplish anything if they commit and put in the effort. Just believing in the possibilities is a gift in and of itself. I am really blessed--I get to watch kids grow and develop into kind human beings. When teachers-parents-staff-students work together, great things can happen. Hope everyone has a great year. Just finished an incredible book,
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by one of my favorite writers, James McBride. As the story unfolds, It's 1972 and workers discover a skeleton in the Chicken Hill section of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, while digging to make way for a housing project. The bones have been there for several decades. The story then goes back to 1925 when Chicken Hill was a neighborhood of immigrant Jews and African Americans. One of the main characters, Chona, runs the Heaven & Earth Grocery store and her husband, Moshe, runs a theatre and dance hall in town. When the state decides to send a deaf, black boy named DoDo to Pennhurst, the community on Chicken Hill band together to try to save him. This novel is about the survival of a marginalized community and the lengths they go to for justice in a corrupt, small town of bigots, liars and thieves. The cast of characters who live in Chicken Hill are unforgettable--Paper, Nate, Addie, Fatty, Big Soap-- and the writing is perfect. Find out what happens to DoDo, Chona and the rest of the characters when you read this page turner for yourself. I totally enjoyed it!
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