The Blackboard Jungle Hunter EvanPaperback
The Blackboard Jungle Hunter EvanPaperback The "shocking" and "suspense-packed" bestseller about one teacher's stand against student violence, and the basis for the Academy Award-nominated film (The…
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The Blackboard Jungle Hunter EvanPaperback
The "shocking" and "suspense-packed" bestseller about one teacher's stand against student violence, and the basis for the Academy Award-nominated film (The New York Times Book Review).After serving his country in World War II, Richard Dadier decides to become an English teacher--and for the sin of wanting to make a difference, he's hired at North Manual Trades High School. On his first day, Dadier endures relentless mockery and ridicule and makes an enemy of the student body by rescuing a female colleague from a vicious attack.His fellow educators are bitter, disillusioned, and too afraid of their pupils to risk turning their backs on them in the classroom. A tough vocational school in the East Bronx, Manual Trades is home to angry, unruly teenagers exiled from New York City's regular public schools.
But Dadier refuses to give up without a fight. Over the