Scars from the Tornado: One Year at Joplin East Middle School

Randy Turner is an eighth grade English teacher at Joplin East Middle School and has taught in the Joplin School District for 10 years. Prior to becoming a teacher, he spent two decades as a newspaper reporter and editor. He is the co-author of 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado and Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, and has written two other non-fiction books and three novels.