The Academy at Swift River specializes in one of the toughest tasks a school can undertake: helping teenagers in crisis regain their bearings. During a fourteen month academic term at the school, The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David L. Marcus witnesses the intense process that turns these kids around. In his time on campus, Marcus gets to know a diverse and remarkable group of teenagers: a formaer straight A student reeling from the death of her mother, a teacher's son grappling with anger over being adopted, a southern girl immersed in drug abuse and unsafe sex......Original. Used softcover in like new condition. 2005.
The Academy at Swift River specializes in one of the toughest tasks a school can undertake: helping teenagers in crisis regain their bearings. During a fourteen month academic term at the school, The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David L. Marcus witnesses the intense process that turns these kids around. In his time on campus, Marcus gets to know a diverse and remarkable group of teenagers: a formaer straight A student reeling from the death of her mother, a teacher's son grappling with anger over being adopted, a southern girl immersed in drug abuse and unsafe sex......Original. Used softcover in like new condition. 2005. P061.
Manufacturer: Used Book
SKU: 0618772022
ISBN: 0618772022