A Hope in the Unseen

Personally, I didn't especially love this book. It was a little slow starting and, for me, hard to relate to. One thing that benefiting me by reading this book, however, is that it made me more aware of what intercity schools are like and got me thinking more about where I would want to teach at. It was so crazy to me that the gossip kids talked about there was who had been shot, or died most recently. I knew things like that happened but it was just so crazy to me how nonchalant and everyday sounding it was put in the book. It really opened my eyes to thinking about what kids who will come into my classroom are feeling. I have to always be conscious and aware of every student and really read body language to make sure my students are getting the help that they need, if they need it. Although I didn't especially love this book, I think that it is important for us as educator's to know that it is out there; even though I couldn't relate to it, there are many kids out there who can and who could really be inspired by Cedric's drive to do well in his life.

This would be a good book to suggest to my classroom, even though I wasn't really fond of it.