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In Their Own Words

Joan Byrnes Walter, AB’52

  • Author
  • The Rotten Apple Gang
  • ISBN 0533152836
  • Vantage Press, Inc.

The Rotten Apple Gang is an emotional and insightful novel about a group of teachers at odds with the incompetent administrators in their school district. Vivid descriptions and colorful character portrayals will keep readers glued to this book. Filled with caustic humor as well, it is a look at the intrigues, both petty and profound, that often exist behind school doors. It is also a celebration of one of the most important professions we have in America today.

The author is a retired middle school teacher from Southern California; however, the theme of teacher-administrator tension is universal.

Posted October 20, 2006