You have to have "The Junkyard Wonders" by Patrica Polacco. This book carries on where the amazing "Thank you, Mr. Falker" leaves off. They are both such wonderful, heartwarming stories based on true events that celebrate the extraordinary influence teachers have on their students. Trisha is in a new school and in a special class called The Junkyard however Mrs. Peterson, their teacher, does not allow her students to think of themselves as misfits and encourages a sense of belonging and unity by creating tribes within the class. Here students are made to feel they are special, just like the junk they find in the junkyard. These students have friends for life and Polacco even updates us with the amazing things these students have accomplished in their lives.
Truly inspiring.
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