In this 2016 Pinnacle Award Winner, Joseph Byk the child on Polish immigrants begins his early schooling in rope-tied-baggy-pants-poverty. He is every teacher's dreaded student. Ending his senior year
Set in the late 1920’s in the Appalachian Mountains, eighth grade Emerald is about to learn some hard lessons when a deeply disturbed man is thrust into her life by her abusive father and enabling mot
