"A teacher from Somewhere Else sounded good to me. Sometimes, I wish I were from Somewhere Else myself." Taken out of special ed. at her mother?s insistence, Sahara is nervously facing fifth grade in a regular classroom. Except, with a diploma from "MRS. FRUMPER'S FABULOUS SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS," deep purple lipstick, and lessons in Puzzling and Time Travel, her fifth grade teacher is anything but regular. The author of Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, triumphs with a first novel that is realistic, hilarious, and truly inspiring.