PROJECT JUNE BUG

With focus and characters as mainstream as Main Street, this fine novel is far more a great read than message tale.-Tom Corcoran, author of Air Dance Iguana, Jimmy Buffett-The Key West Years, and Key West in Black and White Life is good for Jenna Bianchi. Shes just started her second year of teaching English at Morrison High School, a job she loves. She has a pet parrot with attitude. And theres a handsome math teacher who wants to be more than just friends. But everything changes when a defiant, disruptive tenth grader walks into her classroom. With a smart mouth and a swagger to match, Michael Tayler is a problem for Jenna from the very first day. His school record screams troublemaker, and Jenna wonders if the new year is already doomed. But when she reads Michaels first poetry assignment, she recognizes it for what it truly is