Samantha Buck
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Janet Mino has taught her class of students with autism for four years. When they graduate in spring 2012, they will leave the security of the public school system forever. BEST KEPT SECRET follows them the year before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world, so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets.
Author
Language
English
Description
Peabody Award Winner and Sundance premiere. The tireless and selfless efforts of a New Jersey schoolteacher are followed over the 18 months before her special needs students are due to graduate. The teacher does all she can to ensure her kids reach their maximum potential.