Janine Waters never set out to be anyone’s hero but at 60 years old, she moves to Arizona and plunges full time into the Wild West version of a middle school in rural northern Arizona—only this time as the rookie. Her classroom is the bad half of a butchered science lab with no budget, no books and no supplies. It is here that Janine has to prove all over again that the only legitimate power a teacher has is to free kids from the cone of shame echoing, “You’re dumb, you’re lazy and you’re worthless.” Her odds of success are near...