There are two files on Sahara Jones. The one the school counselor keeps is evidence that shes a fifthgrader who needs special education. The other is the book Sahara is secretly writing, her HeartWrenching 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 the regular classroom, again. But why even try to do the work, Sahara wonders, if everything just winds up in the counselors file? Enter Miss Pointy, the new fifthgrade teacher. With her eggplantcolored lipstick, and strange subjects such as Puzzling and Time Travel, shes like no other teacher Sahara has ever known. Through Miss Pointys unusual teaching, storytelling, and quiet support, Sahara finds the courage to overcome her fears and prove which file shows her true self.
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