saharaspecial

__Sahara Special__ by Esme Raji Codell ISBN: 0-7868-0793-8 c2003 175 pages

Good sections to read aloud: pp. 8-9; skip to 11 (where Sahara’s mom wants her removed from the special program

Summary: Sahara Jones is a fifth grade student and is placed in special education. Her mother demands that Sahara be removed, thus, holding Sahara back one year. Sahara doesn’t mind after she meets the new teacher, Miss Pointy. She is excited to be in the regular classroom where she can write in her journal...something that took her out of the regular classroom in the first place. Sahara learns that everyone is the same, especially in Miss Pointy’s eyes.

YA fiction--teen issues; school; special needs; writing

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2003