{"product_id":"ufsd-71-joseph-e-scalia-9780692999752","title":"UfSD 71: A School Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot since Bel Kaufman's 1964 novel \u003ci\u003eUp the Down Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e has a funnier book been written about teachers and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1971 Richard Nixon is in the White House preparing to run for a second term and Watergate is on the near horizon. Though winding down toward \"peace with honor,\" the war in Vietnam is still in the headlines and protestors are in the streets. On Long Island, in Union Free School District 71, it is the beginning of the 1971-72 school year. At Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Memorial High School teachers, administrators and students begin counting down the days until June. First-year English teacher Jesse Tietjen has joined the faculty of R\u0026amp;G and discovers on day one that teaching isn't what he expected it would be. Neither are the teachers he encounters at the endless meetings that fill his day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUFSD 71\u003c\/i\u003e will do for education in America what Joseph Heller's \u003ci\u003eCatch 22\u003c\/i\u003e did for the dysfunctional military. This dark comic novel with its assortment of bizarre characters is shocking, thought provoking... and laugh out loud funny!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph E. Scalia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692999752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692999752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tawny Girl Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.39d","brand":"Joseph E. Scalia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086774513919,"sku":"9780692999752","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5468db4a-40e5-4b92-b7a6-f030e4e5be32.jpg?v=1769096497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ufsd-71-joseph-e-scalia-9780692999752","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}