When the school board decides to end the school year early, all the kids clap and go home. Right? Not, in Elk Valley, Colorado in 1925, when 14-year-old Ida Bidson decides she can't let school end now. She needs to take the final exams. So, she accepts a challenge and decides to secretly teach the school herself. Wonderful energy in the characters and the goings-on. The value of education is celebrated. 168 pages Ages 8-11
- Historical Fiction
- Secret School
Secret School
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Harcourt 2001
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2001
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- 08-10 Middle Readers
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- Historical Fiction
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