Sahara Special, Esme Raji Codell
Sahara Special, Esme Raji Codell
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Sahara Special

Author: Esme Raji Codell

Narrator: Phylicia Rashad

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/22/2003

Synopsis

There are two files on Sahara Jones. The one the school counselor keeps is evidence that she's a fifth grader who needs special education. The other is the book Sahara is secretly writing, her Heart-Wrenching Life Story and Amazing Adventures.

The latest chapter in her book unfolds when her mother insists that she be taken out of special ed. So Sahara is facing fifth grade in a regular classroom, again. Enter, Miss Pointy, the new fifth grade teacher. With her elegant colored lipstick, and strange subjects such as "Puzzling" and "Time Travel," she's like no other teacher Sahara has ever known. Through Miss Pointy's unusual teaching, storytelling, and quiet support, Sahara finds the courage to overcome her fears and prove which file shows her true self.

About The Author

Esme Raji Codell is the author of the acclaimed novel Sahara Special, winner of the IRA Children’s Book Award, a Kirkus Editors’ Choice for 2003, and a BookSense 76 #1 title; as well as a memoir for young readers, Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade. A former teacher, bookseller, and children’s librarian, she lives with her husband and son in Chicago. Sahara Special and Sing a Song of Tuna Fish Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade are also available on audio from Listening Library.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsey on November 01, 2012

Esme Codell tells a pasonite story of a young girl as a writer. A young girl who is put in special needs, but who is a true writer on the inside, expresses herself as a true writer as she goes through fifth grade again. Sahara Special is a good example of fiction and realistic fiction because a lot......more

Goodreads review by Denise on December 30, 2013

I loved this book. As I finished I felt I had just been hugged, or snuggled into a fluffy blanket as I stared at snow gently falling. I felt content. Maybe 3/4 of the way through there is a delightful story told by Miss Pointy that I want to retell ... it was so entrancing and heart warming... It is......more

Goodreads review by Evie on July 18, 2017

I should begin by saying that this is a hesitant three stars. Two felt too harsh, but I can't say I'm overly thrilled with it, either. What is it about this book that has me in knots? Maybe, perhaps, it's the overall attitude of Miss Pointy. Looking at the reception of her memoir, Miss Pointy is obv......more

Goodreads review by Kimber on March 13, 2012

Sahara is going through the fifth grade - again. Her mother elected to have her repeat the fifth grade instead of staying in special services in sixth grade, and Sahara is worried. What if her teacher doesn't like her, or thinks that she's stupid? Everything changes the day Miss Pointy walks into th......more

Goodreads review by ella on March 10, 2023

i liked this book. it was a little confusing at first, and i thought paris was going to be more of a friend than she was. but, i really enjoyed it and the characters are quite nice.......more

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