N4L 044: "Reading with Patrick" by Michelle Kuo

In her coming-of-age memoir Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, A Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship, Michelle Kuo chronicles her time in Helena, Arkansas. Kuo is a Chinese-American woman of privilege teaching English at an alternative high school in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. There she develops an unlikely friendship with one of the teenage students who is arrested and imprisoned for murder. For seven months, the two of them study literature, memorize poems, and consider the complexities of education, race, poverty, and social justice. BUY Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship Connect with Nonfiction4Life on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter Music Credit Sound Editing Credit