Product Description
High school English teacher Mark Kaurlin--like many young people in the turbulent late ’60s--is rebellious and idealistic, and he strongly inspires the student devotees drawn to him. He has such a big impact on insecure, indecisive ‘disciple’ Madelyn Judson that she develops a crush on him. He quickly rebuffs the deepest of her feelings for him, but as quickly he and Madelyn grow concerned that his stodgy superiors, which include her father, the mayor, will jump to the wrong conclusions. Tensions build over whether Mark will lose his job and whether Madelyn can muster a new, stronger belief in herself to help him.
About the Author
Michael J. DeCicco had an inspiring English teacher much like Mark Kaurlin when he was a budding writer in high school in the late '60s. Michael’s credentials include experience as a reader of Young Adult books for the book review section of The Boston Globe, over 20 years as a free-lance writer and news reporter, and a B.A. degree in Creative Writing from Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI. Currently he is a full-time news correspondent for The Enterprise newspaper, Brockton, MA. He lives with his wife Cynthia in New Bedford, MA, where he was born in 1952.
