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Title: Teachers do make a difference . . .
Review: In Sahara Special, Esme Raji Codell pulls from her experience as a teacher to portray realistic kids and an audacious teacher who gets their attention. The main character Sahara goes from being an extremely introverted although talented child to one who is more willing to show her talents. The unconventional Madame Poitier or Ms. Pointy, as the class calls her, is able to reach not only Sahara, but also Darrell, the class troublemaker, several ESL students, Sahara's shy cousin, and practically every character mentioned including Sahara's mother! An interesting and mostly believable story about a budding writer and her teacher. With some minimal strong language, this story is inspirational without being heavily moralistic and would be appealing to 10 to 12 year olds.
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