The optimists : a novel / Brian Platzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Platzer, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle school teachers--Fiction.

Middle school teachers.

Teachers--Fiction.

Teachers.

Teacher-student relationships--Fiction.

Teacher-student relationships.

Students--Fiction.

Students.

Gifted children--Fiction.

Gifted children.

Private schools--Fiction.

Private schools.

Life change events--Fiction.

Life change events.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Large print books.

Physical Description:

355 pages (large print) ; 24 cm

large print

Edition:

First Edition

Large print edition

Place of Publication:

New York : Little Brown and Company 2026.

Summary:

A beloved schoolteacher chronicles the meteoric rise of his most dazzling student in this ambitious, big-hearted story of learning and legacy. Mr. Keating is an extraordinary teacher: brilliant, dedicated, and possibly a few pages ahead in a book no one else is reading. He's a magician, able to enchant fourteen-year-olds into a love of writing and literature. Yet no student has lived up to the promise of their potential more than Clara Hightower. Over the course of three decades, Clara goes from kindergarten thief to a high school genius, Silicon Valley celebrity, and, finally, animal rights activist turned terrorist. But to tell Clara's story, Mr. Keating must tell his own, including his courtship and marriage, his dreams of writing and comedy, his days in the classroom in lower Manhattan and his rivalry and friendship with his head of school, and his eventual stroke and the isolation that follows. Fiercely original, The Optimists is a love story, a joke book, and a meditation on the meaning of life and death. Tender and insightful, it's a profound testament to the lessons that reach far beyond the classroom.

ISBN:

0316607592

9780316607599

OCLC:

1518769521