num_pages: 205
description: An enthusiastic first-year teacher in the Chicago public school system reveals her frustrations, achievements, and struggles to maintain her individuality in the face of incompetent administrators, abusive parents, gang members, and weary teachers.
language: English
title: Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
titlecomplete: Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
genres: Biography, Teachers, Education, Nonfiction, Memoir, School, Adult, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Teaching
ratings_count: 6367
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Demco Media