num_pages: 340
description: Chronicles the dedication and perseverance of fifth-grade teacher Chris Zajac of Holyoke, Massachusetts, in her effort to educate the economically and emotionally deprived urban children in her classroom
language: English
title: Among Schoolchildren
titlecomplete: Among Schoolchildren
genres: Biography, Education, Nonfiction, Memoir, School, Adult, Sociology, Biography Memoir, Teaching, Journalism
ratings_count: 2518
places: Holyoke, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: American Studies, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Houghton Mifflin