On the Brink: Negotiating Literature and Life With Adolescents (Language and Literacy Series)

In 1989, Susan Hynds entered Meg Andrews' urban middle school classroom for what she thought would be a one year study. When she completed her study in 1995, she was no longer able to look at the reading and teaching of literature, the world of the young adolescent, or even her own role as a classroom researcher in quite the same way. Her story holds many lessons for educators who wonder why constructivist practices have not always made it into classrooms.