Unreachable
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9781492992011
Pages
385 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Janice Rosenthal is entering her eighth year of teaching, but it might be her last. Never before has she had a student as unruly and insubordinate as this one. Andrew Bryant is the terror of seventh grade, a student known for driving teachers to the edge of retirement, and he is in her class. How can Janice--and the rest of her students--make it through the school year with such a disruptive force in the classroom? Her only hope is to try to break through the orphan's defenses, to pierce a wall that no other teacher has ever scratched. When she discovers Andrew's secret, two lives will be changed forever.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Foster care; Family violence; Transgender; Gender nonconformity; foster home; foster child; sexual abuse; transgender child; boy to girl; gender identity
Main Character
adult female
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
foster father
LGBTQ+
transgender female
Keywords
teacher-student relationship; troubled student; feelings; classroom; tragedy; lessons
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Leone, Katie, "Unreachable" (2013). Diverse Families. 342.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/342