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by Carol Lynn Luck



\u201cNothing will transform education if we fail to cherish and challenge the human heart \u2013 that is the source of good teaching.\u201d



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Kenda, a na\xefve teacher from upstate New York, journeys to Mississippi in 1970 on a quest to change the world and escape an abusive fianc\xe9.\xa0



When she starts working at a newly integrated junior high school, Kenda is greeted with a Confederate flag and a \u201cYankee Go Home\u201d sign. She quickly learns that, even when equality becomes the law, culture prevails--a\xa0culture she knows little about. Her challenges go beyond the classroom. Her teacher\u2019s salary isn\u2019t enough to pay the rent, so she takes a second job moonlighting in a hospital lab.\xa0



Over time, Kenda learns the ways of the segregated South through friendships she creates in unlikely places. Kenda\u2019s persistence sees her through challenges and even a lawsuit. Her new friends offer unexpected wisdom and understanding. She makes a difference in her students\u2019 lives, and they change her.\xa0



Even though magnolias don\u2019t bloom in September, they do blossom in their own season, just as Kenda and her students do.




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