02871cam a2200397 4500 598261172 TxAuBib 20220801120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781453203903 1453203907 B003XKN65U Amazon 79fc9e81-b920-4094-9138-0758562c6948 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 493009 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide [Libby]. Open Road Media, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4673kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Education. teacher. Inspirational. Biography & Autobiography. HTML:<b><i>New York Times</i> Bestseller: The "miraculous" memoir of an inspiring teacher and the students who changed his life on an impoverished South Carolina island (<i>Newsweek</i>).</b><br /> <br /> Though the children of Yamacraw Island live less than two miles from the southern mainland, they can't name the US president or the ocean that surrounds them. Most can't read or write. Many of the students are the descendants of slaves, handicapped by poverty and isolation.<br /> <br /> When Pat Conroy arrives, an eager young teacher at the height of the civil rights movement, he finds a community still bound by the bitter effects of racism, but he is determined to broaden its members' horizons and give them a voice.<br /> <br /> In this poignant memoir, which <i>Newsweek</i> called "an experience of joy," the <i>New York Times–</i>bestselling author of <i>The Prince of Tides</i> plumbs his experiences as a young teacher on an isolated South Carolina island to reveal the shocking inequalities of the American education system. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/79F/C9E/81/WaterIsWide9781453203903.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=79FC9E81-B920-4094-9138-0758562C6948&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/79F/C9E/81/WaterIsWide9781453203903.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=79FC9E81-B920-4094-9138-0758562C6948&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/79F/C9E/81/WaterIsWide9781453203903.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=79FC9E81-B920-4094-9138-0758562C6948&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) ALEML