When you were a high school English teacher, what was your favourite book to teach students and why?
It’s too hard to choose just one favourite, so I’m going to cheat a little and list a few.
I taught Alice Pung’s Laurinda to my grade 10 students at an all- girls’ school, and it was an amazing experience that opened up my eyes to the power that sharing experiences of the recent past can have in informing younger generations.