Challenging, Exciting, Rewarding, Sadness, a journey that comes with a struggle. This book of fiction is an unforgettable story about the struggles and challenges of working in an urban middle school environment. On any given day at Snyder Middle School, the business of educating adolescent students was a challenge. You are awarded the opportunity to take a tour of the main office to view some of the disruptions that occur, visit with parents that may lead to turmoil and disappointment and the positive impact that parental participation can affect a school. Visit the classroom; meet some of the teachers as well as the administration. Discover how some of the stake holders in education can move student achievement and how some take for granted how viable their jobs are in educating students. This journey behind closed doors will provide you with the drama of laughter and sometimes tears especially when one of the students, Nicky, becomes extremely ill. Nicky has the ambition to become a writer until a tragedy comes into her life.