num_pages: 128
description: A year they'll never forget  Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.  But Miss Agnes is different—she doesn't get frustrated with her students, and she throws away old textbooks and reads Robin Hood instead! For the first time, Fred and her classmates begin to enjoy their lessons and learn to read and write—but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came?
language: English
title: The Year of Miss Agnes
titlecomplete: The Year of Miss Agnes
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 6136
places: Alaska
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Once Upon A World Children’s Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Chapman Award for Shared Reading
category: Fiction
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books