{"product_id":"2940170125241","title":"Kid Quixotes: A Group of Students, Their Teacher, and the One-Room School Where Everything Is Possible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In 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.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (Valeria Luiselli, author of \u003cem\u003eLost Children Archive)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since 2016, the students have been collectively translating \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e into English, taking the Spanish taleamp;mdash;a story about a dreamer who never gives upamp;mdash;and adapting it into a bilingual musical. Six-year old Sarah tells of her mother's 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 countryamp;mdash;their voices amplifying to deliver a message of diversity, love, hope, and resilience essential to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099887747312,"sku":"2940170125241","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170125241_p0.jpg?v=1763702640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170125241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}