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30 years ago, Elda Graff was a cutting edge teacher with revolutionary ideas, but after being blamed for the death of one of her students she became a recluse, quietly going mad. Befriended by a new progressive teacher, Joanne, who attempts to pull Elda out of her self imposed isolation, they must also deal with Tucker Harding, a bright, imaginative adolescent who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. With seductive simplicity and a thriller element, Elda and Joanne try to save Tucker from meeting a violent end, while saving Elda from her harrowing past. Touching on school violence and how to deal with it, Jon Edward Jordan’s first novel, In the Name of Sarah Pogford is also about secrets and loyalties, and radically differing ideas about education and discipline.
"Jon Edward Jordan has created a poignantly sympathetic protagonist and avaried, vivid cast of characters. In the Name of Sarah Pogford is a bookabout courage and redemption, but there isn't a whiff of sentimentality init. It's a bittersweet, often funny, timely inquiry into the power of theimagination and the fragility of identity." —Kate Kristensen, winner of the 2008 PEN Faulkner Award for her novel, The Great Man
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