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When Did School Become                       
              a Matter of Life and Death?

An innovative philosophical mystery, ANGEL PARK reveals the controversial inside story about why schools don’t change. Struggling with the system, the heroine is forced into a battle with a rigid and self-serving bureaucracy that makes her question her own beliefs. The suicide of her boss sets her on a trail of clues to a startling vision that transforms her life and pushes her to a deep realization of the ways school and the nation need to change to rescue the American Dream.

 

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Prize-Winning Novel

  • Silver seal in the Nautilus Book Award
    for “World-Changing Books”;
    Adult Fiction/Visionary Fiction
  • Finalist in National Indie Excellence Awards for Best New Fiction
  • National Finalist for Book of the Year in Literary Fiction from ForeWord Magazine. 
  • Editor’s Choice, Publisher’s Choice, and Reader’s Choice Awards from iUniverse.
  • IRWIN Award from Book Publicists of Southern California, Best Fiction category.

What Real Readers Are Saying
about Angel Park:

“…one of the most honest and compelling books on education I’ve ever read.  After beginning the book, I couldn’t put it down and…finished it at dawn.”
A reviewer, in education, Barnes&Noble.com

“Politics, personal agendas, race, class—all carried by real, live, breathing, laughing, crying, hurting humans…Wow.”
G. Lauterbach, Oxnard, CA

“…a fascinating insider’s view of how many of our school districts are actually run.  Haunting, but entertaining.”
A.R. Hall, public school teacher

“…makes the reader laugh, think, reflect, and want to do ‘the right thing’!  A novel that strikes the chord of responsibility, fairness, and integrity.”
Robert V., teacher & administrator, Albany, NY

“…more truth than fiction…a true picture of what is happening to education across America.”
A 34-year veteran teacher in large urban district

“…entertaining, fabulously written, and oh, so much truth to it!”
Ann P., teacher and coach, Camarillo, CA

 

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