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Question: Does anyone remember that kids book about a girl named Ida who becomes a teacher to save her school!?
The main character Ida becomes the teacher of a school from the 1800's!. I think she does this because the county shut it down or something!? Throughout the story there is this poem that ends "do your duty and be blessed"!. And sometimes they have to sneak around or something!?!? And she rides a horse to school, and wants to take a certain test!. also, the kids elected her to become the teacher in the first place!. Humm!.!.!.!. that's all I can remember!. Does anyone have any ideas!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Is it "The Secret School" by Avi!?
http://www!.amazon!.ca/Secret-School-Avi/d!.!.!.
"When the teacher at the one-room schoolhouse in Elk Valley must depart unexpectedly, the head of the school board decides to end the academic year right then, a month and a half before the summer break!. To his surprise, 14-year-old Ida Bidson protests, because without exit exams, she cannot proceed to high school in the fall!. "I'm not so sure a girl needs a high school education," Mr!. Jordan retorts, undeterred!. Then Ida's friend Tom comes up with a plan: "You're such a gravy know-it-all," he tells her!. "You could take over the school when Miss Fletcher leaves!." And so she does, swearing the students to secrecy!. It's no easy task "Miss Bidson" has to learn self-confidence, and she must keep up with her farm chores and with her own studies!. To compound the challenge, the county examiner discovers the secret and agrees to keep it only if all the students take a final exam!. Right from the opening scene showing resourceful Ida and her seven-year-old brother driving the family's Model T to school Ida at the wheel hollering directions ("Brake and clutch!") while Felix pushes the pedals with his hands Avi wittily up-ends the usual roles assigned adults and children!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

nope!.!.!.i dont readWww@QuestionHome@Com