Name: One Time
ISBN: 9780062570741

Sharon Creech

Imaginative, eleven-year-old Gina, her mysterious new neighbor, Antonio, and their classmates are inspired by an unusual young teacher to see who they are and envision who they are meant to become.

One Time

Nadine 

Sometimes the right combination of books enter your life just at the right time. This one, with it's talk of the classroom and the detailed descriptions of the transformation of a class into writers was just on time as I entered the class helping out teachers still returning.
I really loved the chapter on the "silent Wednesday" as it corroborated what I've been reading from Jamie Thom's "A Quiet Education"
Worth a read