{"product_id":"sugarcane-academy-how-a-new-orleans-teacher-and-his-storm-struck-students-created-a-school-to-remember-paperback","title":"Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students Created a School to Remember - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Tisserand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, taking lives and livelihoods and displacing thousands. Because the hurricane struck at the beginning of the school year, the city's children were among those most affected. Michael Tisserand, former editor of the alternative cultural newspaper Gambit Weekly, evacuated with his family to New Iberia, Louisiana. Then, rather than waiting to find out when--or if--schools in New Orleans would reopen, Tisserand and other parents persuaded one of his children's teachers, Paul Reynaud, to start a school among the sugarcane fields.So was born the Sugarcane Academy--as the children themselves named it--and so also began an experience none of Reynaud's pupils will ever forget. This inspiring book shows how a dedicated teacher made the best out of the worst situation, and how the children of New Orleans, of all backgrounds and races, adjusted to Katrina's consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA testament to the teachers who supported Katrina's children, \u003ci\u003eSugarcane Academy\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us all that heroes hold small hands on field trips, clean paint brushes, and sing morning songs. --Phillip Done, author of \u003ci\u003e32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina surged at their heels, fleeing New Orleanians had their minds more on safety than whether their children would be missing school.But when\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ea group of evacuee\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eparents who settled in New Iberia, Louisiana, realized they would not be returning home quickly\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e they set about reconstructing their families lives. And so they turned to beloved New Orleans schoolteacher Paul Reynaud, whose fierce determination and unwavering spirit transformed an abandoned office into a one-room schoolhouse.This is the story of Sugarcane Academy: twenty-five students, their devoted parents, an inspiring teacher, and the boundless power of learning. \u003cbr\u003e This wonderful memoir manages to do what a flood of news-reporting could not: see the tragedy of Katrina through the eyes of children. The story of the Sugarcane Academy, an improvised one-room school in a sugarcane parish in south Louisiana, will be one of the lasting books of our tragedy. --Andrei Codrescu, author of \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Tisserand\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Zydeco, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing.He served as editor of \u003ci\u003eGambit Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e the alternative newsweekly of New Orleans.He lives in Evanston, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 7.87 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759076344096,"sku":"9780156031899","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/022056b488c12f7c71b1cee91dea6b50.webp?v=1780142009","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sugarcane-academy-how-a-new-orleans-teacher-and-his-storm-struck-students-created-a-school-to-remember-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}