{"product_id":"kid-quixotes-a-group-of-students-their-teacher-and-the-one-room-school-where-everything-is-possible-0062934066","title":"Kid Quixotes: A Group of Students, Their Teacher, and the One-Room School Where Everything Is Possible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0062934066\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Haff, Stephen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn my years of experience as a writer and as a college professor, I have never seen anything like this: the love for language, the passion for discussion, clarity of mind, and humility of heart. Stephen Haff invents impossible projects and makes them possible.-Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children ArchiveThe unlikely, inspiring true story of a one-room school where children of undocumented immigrants and their teacher discover their voices and speak truth to power.Still Waters in a Storm is an after-school program held in a small room in Bushwick, Brooklyn; it is a place for kids to practice reading and writing in English, Spanish, and Latin. For the students, many living in constant fear of deportation, Still Waters is a refuge. For Stephen Haff, a former public-school teacher, it is the sanctuary he built following a breakdown caused by bipolar depression. At Still Waters, all agreed that there would only be one rule: Everyone listens to everyone. And this has unlocked spectacular potential.Since 2016, the students have been collectively translating Don Quixote into English, taking the Spanish tale-a story about a dreamer who never gives up-and adapting it into a bilingual musical. Six-year old Sarah tells of her mothers journey across the desert from Mexico riding on the back of a tiger. Alex, a very private teenager, sings her coming out song to standing ovations. As the kids perform their work across NYC, they learn that they belong in this country-their voices amplifying to deliver a message of diversity, love, hope, and resilience essential to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51931748466976,"sku":"NEW0062934066","price":13.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/kid-quixotes-a-group-of-students-their-teacher-and-the-one-room-school-where-everything-is-possible-0062934066","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}