No Teacher Left Standing

＂If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a teacher, you should read this book...as a former classroom teacher, I can assure you that the scenarios are very real.＂

St. Louis County, 2003-2004 school year, a time of flip phones, mid-east war, and leaving no child behind. The most authentic novel about first-grade teachers you’ll likely ever read. The characters are fictional, but the events are based on true stories.

Sarah Morgan must fight to defend herself against a duplicitous principal, a Machiavellian superintendent, and an unstable mother’s hurtful attack. After two miscarriages, she is pregnant and alone. Sarah represents the best in all of us. She is a strong woman who shows grace, courage, humor, and understanding under duress. Confronted with policy dictated by ivy-tower administrators and clueless politicians, Sarah never gives up.

＂As a retired special education teacher, I found No Teacher Left Standing hard to put down. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.＂

Jeffrey Penn May has a degree in English and Psychology, a Masters in Secondary Education English, and a Writer’s Certificate from the University of Missouri. As principal for an alternative high school, Jeff appeared in television and radio spotlights and has given numerous informative and persuasive educational presentations, congratulations, and condolences, depending on the situation. Jeff has published several education-related articles, mountain climbing articles, technical writing guides, short stories and poems, and has won short fiction awards, including prizes from the St. Louis Writers Guild and Writer’s Digest. His work has appeared in the US, UK, and Canada. His novel Where the River Splits was praised in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and ＂The Wells Creek Route＂ was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.