Books by LouAnne Johnson and Complete Book Reviews

THE QUEEN OF EDUCATION: Rules for Making Schools Work

LouAnne Johnson, Author . Jossey-Bass $24.95 (219p) ISBN 978-0-7879-7470-1

Johnson, an ex–Marine Corps officer turned high-school teacher whose 1992 memoir, My Posse Don't Do Homework inspired the movie Dangerous Minds , crowns herself the titular queen and hands down royal edicts in this straightforward,...

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My Posse Don't Do Homework""

LouAnne Johnson, Author St. Martin's Press $4.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-95163-4

An English teacher at an inner-city high school offers a gritty but humorous portrait of her battle to win over recalcitrant students. (Dec.)

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The Girls in the Back of the Class: They're High School Girls with Secrets, Trouble, and Two Choices-Dropping Out...or Trusting Her.

LouAnne Johnson, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (291p) ISBN 978-0-312-95880-0

In a sequel to My Posse Don't Do Homework, Johnson writes again of her experiences teaching ""problem"" students, this time focusing primarily on the concerns and experiences of her girl students. (Mar.)

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Making Waves: A Woman in This Man's Navy

LouAnne Johnson, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (233p) ISBN 978-0-312-50813-5

Another story about a naive recruit learning to live in the military servicea genre that goes all the way back to World War II and See Here, Private Hargrovethis entry is unusual because the recruit is a woman and because she is a spunky and feisty...

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My Posse Don't Do Homework

LouAnne Johnson, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (226p) ISBN 978-0-312-07638-2

While her Marine Corps training helped, Johnson found the caring parts of her personality more effective in dealing with the recalcitrant students she met as a teacher of English at ``Parkmont High,'' an inner-city school in California. There, she...

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The Girls in the Back of the Class

LouAnne Johnson, Author St. Martin's Press $21.95 (262p) ISBN 978-0-312-13081-7

This sequel to My Posse Don't Do Homework, which has been made into a movie, captures once again the spirit of a hardworking teacher whose wit, verse and Marine training help her cope with the societal dramas that entrap her students--Northern...

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