To Sir, with Love

De: E. R. Braithwaite

Narrado por: Ben Onwukwe

With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world. He will teach them to respect themselves and to call him Sir. He will open up vistas before them that they never knew existed. And, over the course of a remarkable year, he will touch the lives of his students in extraordinary ways - even as they, in turn, unexpectedly and profoundly touch his.

Based on actual events in the author's life, To Sir, with Love is a powerfully moving story that celebrates courage, commitment, and vision and that inspired the classic film starring Sidney Poitier.

©1959 E.R. Braithwaite (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

As good as the movie!

I put off reading this book for several years because I was afraid it would not be as good as the movie. I was wrong. They are both very similar in quality and I highly recommend it.

Amazing

I downloaded this because l enjoyed Ben Onwukwe’s voice so much from a different book- He did this story justice. The story was fantastic & l highly recommend it.

Beautiful and uplifting story!

This is a beautiful and uplifting story about what teaching is like at its heart, even though it takes place many years ago.

incredible performance

A beloved story with Timeless messages about education, people and love. Wonderfully performed by Onwukwe.

Seen the movie…..

Now I had to read the book and man was it great. Thoroughly enjoyed, and will always go back to relisten definitely worth the read/listen