{"product_id":"up-the-down-staircase","title":"Up the Down Staircase","description":"\u003cp\u003eBel Kaufmans Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages  made into a prize-winning motion picture  and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed  idealistic teacher whose dash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students  teachers  parents--anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos  letters  directives from the principal  comments by students  notes between teachers  and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets  evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948490747957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060973617","price":61.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060973612.jpg?v=1770048117","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/up-the-down-staircase","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}