Gail R. (abigailsdaughter) reviewed on + 201 more book reviews
Set in a rural area in 1925, this is the story of a 14 year-old girl so determined to go to high school that she undertakes to teach in her one-room schoolhouse when it is closed for the rest of her last term because of the absence of the regular teacher. This in spite of the opposition of the head of the school board and some of the students' parents(although her own parents are supportive.)
Besides the difficulties of teaching, maintaining discipline, keeping the school secret and preparing herself for the high school entrance exams, Ida must also help her parents on the family farm. There's a little romance going on too, between herself and Tom, the only other eighth-grader in the school.
Besides the difficulties of teaching, maintaining discipline, keeping the school secret and preparing herself for the high school entrance exams, Ida must also help her parents on the family farm. There's a little romance going on too, between herself and Tom, the only other eighth-grader in the school.
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