{"product_id":"the-year-of-miss-agnes-9780689851247","title":"The Year of Miss Agnes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA year they'll never forget\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard. \u003cbr\u003e But Miss Agnes is different -- she doesn't get frustrated with her students, and she throws away old textbooks and reads Robin Hood instead  For the first time, Fred and her classmates begin to enjoy their lessons and learn to read and write -- but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirkpatrick Hill lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. She was an elementary school teacher for more than thirty years, most of that time in the Alaskan bush. Hill is the mother of six children and the grandmother of eight. Her books \u003ci\u003eToughboy and Sister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Winter Camp\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Miss Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e have all been immensely popular. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eDancing at the Odinochka\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Junior Library Guild Selection.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret K. McElderry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611827474706,"sku":"9780689851247","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_831d2af8-6f6d-471a-8e97-abe6dfd93c09.jpg?v=1732366886","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-of-miss-agnes-9780689851247","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}