The Survival Guide to Teaching First Grade

Caroline Ragusa is a brand new teacher at Brendan Hussey Elementary School. She has many creative ideas to make the school year fun for both her and her students, when she meets Mr. Riller, who is the typical Drill Sargent teacher who scared everybody. He tells her to use no creativity, and make school miserable for the kids. But as the school year unfolds, and new interesting characters come into play, this year proves to be a roller coaster.