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To Sir, With Love

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This schoolroom drama that inspired the classic Sidney Poitier film is “a microcosm of the racial issues . . . A dramatic picture of discrimination” (Kirkus Reviews).
With opportunities for black men limited in post–World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world. He will teach them to respect themselves and to call him “Sir.” He will open up vistas before them that they never knew existed. And over the course of a remarkable year, he will touch the lives of his students in extraordinary ways, even as they in turn, unexpectedly and profoundly, touch his.
Based on actual events in the author’s life, To Sir, With Love is a powerfully moving story that celebrates courage, commitment, and vision, and is the inspiration for the classic film starring Sidney Poitier. 

Publisher: Open Road Media

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 14, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781480457379
  • Release date: January 14, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781480457379
  • File size: 3381 KB
  • Release date: January 14, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781480457508
  • File size: 6100 KB
  • Release date: January 14, 2014

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Lexile® Measure:1010
Text Difficulty:6-8

This schoolroom drama that inspired the classic Sidney Poitier film is “a microcosm of the racial issues . . . A dramatic picture of discrimination” (Kirkus Reviews).
With opportunities for black men limited in post–World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world. He will teach them to respect themselves and to call him “Sir.” He will open up vistas before them that they never knew existed. And over the course of a remarkable year, he will touch the lives of his students in extraordinary ways, even as they in turn, unexpectedly and profoundly, touch his.
Based on actual events in the author’s life, To Sir, With Love is a powerfully moving story that celebrates courage, commitment, and vision, and is the inspiration for the classic film starring Sidney Poitier. 

  • Publisher:
    Open Road Media

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 14, 2014

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781480457379
    Release date: January 14, 2014

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781480457379
    File size: 3381 KB
    Release date: January 14, 2014

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781480457508
    File size: 6100 KB
    Release date: January 14, 2014

  • Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • English
  • Lexile® Measure: 1010
    Text Difficulty: 6-8

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