Review: Thoroughly enjoyed this book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2014
As a teacher of special needs students Second Chances by Cleo A. Lampos really hit home for me.  Second Chances is about a new elementary school teacher named Zoey Pappas who comes from a rural community a few hours outside of Chicago.  She grew up helping her immigrant family with their restaurant but always dreamed of teaching in an urban school like in the movie Dangerous Minds.  Her dream comes true when she is hired to teach fifth grade at the Diamond Project School in Chicago.  She gets lost on her way to school on her first day and a hunky cop named Officer Gavin Corrigan helps her get to the school ok.  Later they encounter each other again when Gavin teaches dare in her classroom.  The story shows a great romance between the two as well as some of the struggles that kids, their parents, and even their teachers face in a poverty stricken neighborhood.  I really enjoyed this story and would like to read more by Lampos.