{"product_id":"your-story-starts-here-a-year-on-the-brink-with-generation-z-paperback","title":"Your Story Starts Here: A Year on the Brink with Generation Z - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Zervanos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If his classroom lessons were distilled into commands, they would be: observe, go deeper, be empathetic. His parenting lessons: love, pay attention, be patient, and forgive... [a] moving, engaging book. I loved every page.\" \u003c\/strong\u003eDebra Spark, author of \u003cem\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Zervanos, a seasoned high-school English teacher and father of two, embarks on a mission at the cusp of a new school year. He realizes that today's youth are thrust into a tumultuous world and burdened with saving it. To chronicle this extraordinary period in America, he assigns himself a unique task: keeping a journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Within its pages, we witness \"his kids\" grappling with pressing issues like identity politics, gun violence, and political uncertainty. A sophomore prodigy wrestles his demons onto the pages of his fiction before entering a psychiatric hospital. An estranged junior posts ominous threats on Snapchat, while a principal sabotages a student walkout. Meanwhile, in his classroom, Jim prepares a hiding space for an active shooter event and, back home, finds solace in the eulogy of his young sons' pet fish, sent on its final journey with a flush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy year's end, Jim, unwavering in his determination to inspire hope in his students, discovers that it's the youth who inspire hope \u003cem\u003ein him\u003c\/em\u003e. Their creativity and ideals paint a vivid portrait of an evolving America, seen through the kaleidoscope of Generation Z. \u003cem\u003eYour Story Starts Here: A Year on the Brink with Generation Z\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate exploration of the challenges, resilience, and unwavering hope of today's youth in a turbulent world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48666867171576,"sku":"9783988320476","price":30.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/UugJwGeI5_9783988320476.webp?v=1780008624","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/your-story-starts-here-a-year-on-the-brink-with-generation-z-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}