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Come on Philly, We Can Do Better    by Julius Williams
Price: $15.99 USD. 29010 words. Published on September 30, 2010. .

In the book, Julius A. Williams III recounts his experiences as a substitute counselor at a Philadelphia public middle school, exposing incidents involving students, teachers, administration, school police, parents, and more. “Philadelphia does not have to be defined by these failures, but we cannot start solving these problems happening every day in our schools until we acknowledge them.”
Here Begin the Lessons    by John Theissen
Price: $1.00 USD. 70720 words. Published on November 18, 2010. .

What was it really like at Ravenhill School? Now the truth can be told. A memoir of the old times, the strange times. A teenage boy is thrust into a new environment: boarding school. Things don't always work out as planned for the narrator, & the same holds true for the schoolmasters. What happens when bullying becomes intolerable? And who's writing those outrageous slogans on the walls?
The Sudbury School Murders (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries #4)    by Ashley Gardner
Price: $2.99 USD. 74530 words. Published on June 6, 2011. .

In 1817, Captain Lacey takes a post as a secretary at the Sudbury School in Berkshire. He soon finds that the headmaster expects him to discover the source of disturbing pranks that have kept the school in an uproar. The problems intensify when a stableman turns up dead in a lock of the nearby canal. A Romany is arrested for the murder, and Lacey is the only person who believes him innocent.
How I Learned    by Shamus Young
Price: $1.99 USD. 64160 words. Published on November 30, 2011. .

This is an autobiography of an autodidact, a personal story of one boy's meandering path through the American educational system.
Teaching Education and Academics at the Turn of the Century    by Terry Crawford Palardy
Price: $2.95 USD. 11700 words. Published on December 13, 2011. .

A collection of columns previously published in the Phi Kappa Phi Forum, focusing on Education and Academics. Topics include: vignettes of students and teachers; a sample parent/teacher conference and the players involved; a retrospective look at cyclical changes in the classrooms of public schools; the necessity of parent and teacher involvement in motivating responsible funding for education
Drift    by Iain Mackenzie-Blair
Price: $7.99 USD. 57770 words. Published by Amolibros  on January 4, 2012. .

Seven apprehensive thirteen-year-olds enter a famous Public School as members of Ansell’s, the most prestigious House. The reader is inducted with them into claustrophobic, arcane, degenerated traditions which educate them intellectually, morally and sexually into ruined senior boys who precipitate the shocking tragedy and its shameful aftermath which still haunts the narrator.
Blood    by Iain Mackenzie-Blair
Price: $7.99 USD. 58120 words. Published by Amolibros  on January 4, 2012. .

Seven apprehensive thirteen-year-olds enter a famous Public School as members of Ansell’s, the most prestigious House. The reader is inducted with them into claustrophobic, arcane, degenerated traditions which educate them intellectually, morally and sexually into ruined senior boys who precipitate the shocking tragedy and its shameful aftermath which still haunts the narrator.
Fall    by Iain Mackenzie-Blair
Price: $7.99 USD. 59350 words. Published by Amolibros  on January 4, 2012. .

Seven apprehensive thirteen-year-olds enter a famous Public School as members of Ansell’s, the most prestigious House. The reader is inducted with them into claustrophobic, arcane, degenerated traditions which educate them intellectually, morally and sexually into ruined senior boys who precipitate the shocking tragedy and its shameful aftermath which still haunts the narrator.
Christianity, Homeschooling and Public School: Protecting Our Children from the Enemy    by Robert Alan King
Price: $4.99 USD. 3800 words. Published on May 7, 2012. .

Christianity, Homeschooling and Public School: Protecting Our Children from the Enemy by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 3,700 words. It discusses the dangers of the public school system for Christian children, including ungodly curriculum, false teaching, negative peer pressure, and an atmosphere of lax supervision. King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel.
School Spirit - A Profound Journey Through the Gospels for Teachers Book 1 The Gospel of Mark    by TJ Burdick
Price: $2.99 USD. 68980 words. Published on June 26, 2012. .

Teach like Jesus while studying His work.