THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE is the first novel to dramatize one of the top social problems of our day. It is shocking and frightening and based on fact.
THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE is the story of Rick Dadier and his first teaching job at North Manual Trades High School.
He expected the kids to be tough, but after a couple of years in the Navy he didn’t think they could throw him. He didn’t want to be a hero or a cop or a jailer. He just wanted to teach.
Sullenness and impertinence he expected. But not mugging, or rape, or knives or zip guns. Not fighting teen-age gangsters for his very life.
THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE reveals a crisis in the lives of thousands of American children in a compassionate and poignant novel which should be read by every American interested in the future of his country.
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