The Secret School

Title: The Secret School

Author: Avi

Grade Level: 7&8th

Ida Bidson loves school and her biggest, most precious dream is to be a teacher. Since she lives in a small, outlying town in Colorado, the school only has one room and one teacher. Ida doesn’t mind until her teacher has to return to her home due to a sudden family illness. Now the school is left with no teacher, and Ida’s dreams of being teacher come crashing down. Until she comes up with a new plan. She can teach school! All the students agree to keep it a secret and support Ida being a teacher. Can Ida keep up her studies, her teaching and her chores at home?