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The island is nearly deserted. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw Island, America is a world away. Now the waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their existence - unless somehow, they can learn a new life.

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The Water Is Wide
2013, Brilliance Audio

ISBN-13: 9781469245218

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The Water Is Wide
2011, Brilliance Audio

ISBN-13: 9781441815149

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The Water Is Wide
2010, Perfection Learning

ISBN-13: 9781606865057

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The Water Is Wide
2010, Brilliance Audio

ISBN-13: 9781441815095

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The Water Is Wide
2010, Brilliance Audio

ISBN-13: 9781441879028

Unknown binding

The Water is Wide
1996, Black Swan, London

ISBN-13: 9780552996846

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Water is Wide
1995, Random House Audio Publishing Group

ISBN-13: 9780553473889

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Water is Wide
1990, Old New York Book Shop Press

ISBN-13: 9780937036037

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The Water is Wide
1988, Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group), London

ISBN-13: 9780553174908

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The Water is Wide
1987, Bantam Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780553268935

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The Water is Wide
1979, Avon Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780380460373

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Water Is Wide
1976, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA

ISBN-13: 9780395136447

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The Water is Wide
1972, Turtleback Books, Wisconsin

ISBN-13: 9780606039482

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The Water Is Wide

2013, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781469245218

The Water Is Wide

2011, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781441815149

The Water Is Wide

2010, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781606865057

The Water Is Wide

2010, MP3 format

ISBN-13:

9781441815095

The Water Is Wide

2010, Other

ISBN-13:

9781441879028

The Water is Wide

1996, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780552996846

Water is Wide

1995, Audiobook cassette

ISBN-13:

9780553473889

Water is Wide

1990, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780937036037

The Water is Wide

1988, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9780553174908

The Water is Wide

1987, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780553268935

The Water is Wide

1979, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780380460373

Water Is Wide

1976, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780395136447

The Water is Wide

1972, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780606039482

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Julie W

Feb 5, 2013

wonderful

Excellent service, prompt, and always in great condition.

Kimberly H

Aug 5, 2010

good book

I truly enjoyed the book. Every educator should read this book and understand what some teachers go through to make sure every child has an opportunity to learn. It has motivated me to do more for my students.

TheWhiteRock

Aug 3, 2009

A Teacher's Education

Picture a lush, unspoiled island more than two miles off the shore of South Carolina, largely ignored by the world, inhabited by descendants of freed slaves. Roads are unpaved, oxcarts still in use. In the late 1960?s a young, idealistic, white teacher, reared in the segregated south, eager to change the lives of the black children, arrives at the island?s only school. This book is based on the true story of Pat Conroy?s turbulent year trying to change the lives of children living in isolation and ignorance.

?I know colored people better than you do?, the principal tells Conroy on the first day of school. ?That?s because I?m one of them myself.? She tells the children to work hard because their brains are slow and that some of them are even retarded, and reminds them about the switches in the cupboard.

This is a story of a teacher?s education about racial prejudice still prevalent in the 1960?s south. The children can barely read or write and speak in their own ?gullah?language. Conroy?s at odds with the principal?s teaching methods and the bureaucracy of the mainland school district. Finally he sees that the best education he can give the children is exposure to the outside world. How he manages to do this, against all odds, is a compelling story you won?t forget.

sd6161

Sep 10, 2007

Teaching Children

Pat Conroy takes reader's on an emotional journey as a young, white teacher who navigates an unrivaled segregated educational system in the deep south. Behind the story hangs a veil over the ever present, multi-layered civil rights movement of the then recent 1960's. The most powerful aspect of Conroy's writing is his ability to engross the reader so as to journey along with the characters. In The Water Is Wide, the privledge was to move from shame and pain to pride and self respect.

CamOlympiakos

Aug 15, 2007

A beautiful book...

Are you an educator who has lost your drive for teaching? A southerner who has been removed from your birthplace? Or do you just love books?
The Water is Wide is a glimpse into the public education system in South Carolina in the late sixties and early seventies, as told by Pat Conroy. A native of the lowcountry of South Carolina, he chronicles his experiences teaching on Yamacraw Island for a year - the injustices, the rewards, the setbacks, and the beauty of home.
I think everyone will find something to love in this story, but I think that any educator, and any native of South Carolina, will find it especially real, familiar, and touching.
It is not a long read, either. Knock it out in a few hours or a day, and you will be better for it!
Highly recommended.

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