by Michelle Kuo (Author)
As a young English teacher keen to make a difference in the world, Michelle Kuo took a job at a tough school in the Mississippi Delta, sharing books and poetry with a young African-American teenager named Patrick and his classmates. For the first time, these kids began to engage with ideas and dreams beyond their small town, and to gain an insight into themselves that they had never had before.
Two years later, Michelle left to go to law school; but Patrick began to lose his way, ending up jailed for murder. And that's when Michelle decided that her work was not done, and began to visit Patrick once a week, and soon every day, to read with him again.
Reading with Patrick is an inspirational story of friendship, a coming-of-age story for both a young teacher and a student, an expansive, deeply resonant meditation on education, race and justice, and a love letter to literature and its power to transcend social barriers.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 09 Jun 2016
ISBN 10: 1447286073
ISBN 13: 9781447286073
Book Overview: Reading with Patrick is the true story of a teacher, a student who lost his way and the redemptive power of books.