![]() General Review: The Secret School will transport readers to a time when all students learned in the same room with the same teacher, a time when going to school was a privilege and not a right, a time when going to school past the eighth grade was uncommon, especially for girls. Through all the struggles, Ida shows determination and resourcefulness while learning more about herself and her co-conspirators at The Secret School. Ida keeps the school open the only way she knows how, by secretly becoming the teacher herself. Ida cannot go onto high school in the fall unless she passes her exams this spring. ![]() The teacher of her one-room schoolhouse has to leave before Ida can graduate from the 8th grade, and the school board sees no reason to get a new teacher to finish out the school year. ![]() Synopsis: It is the spring of 1925, and Ida Benson wants to become a teacher but the 14-year-old Colorado girl has a problem. Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles. Liz WilsonĪmber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera Williams. Virginia Prather ![]() The Girl with 500 Middle Names by Margaret Haddix. Julie TomlianovichĪnna on the Farm by Mary Hahn. Beverley BullerĮverything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath. Carol RobisonĪny Small Goodness by Tony Johnston. Janet Sauberįair Weather by Richard Peck. Virginia Prather Ghost Sitter by Peni Griffin. Arlene Wiler Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. Holly EngleĪll the Way Home by Patricia Giff. Betty Neal School Story by Andrew Clements. Julie Tomlianovich ![]()
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