School Is Not for Me, Jeremy James Conor McGee

SCHOOL IS NOT FOR ME, JEREMY JAMES CONOR McGEE By Mary MahonyWinner of the 2014 IPNE Children's Book Award.A poignant story about a boy named Jeremy who has to work a lot harder than some of the other students to feel successful in the classroom. A truly heartwarming story that all students will enjoy."My spelling was not good, but I had good ideas, and Miss Hatsis said that was the most important part of writing, your ideas and how you say them. After that it was okay for Miss Hatsis to hear me read. She didn’t say “I can’t hear you, Jeremy” anymore because I read louder and tried much harder to say the words I didn’t know. I wasn’t good at reading but I think I was getting better. I didn’t worry about what the other kids were thinking so much anymore, but I still got a tight tummy when it was my turn to read and sometimes my hands would feel kind of wet."