Hey Mom, I'm Home!

By Ann Milburn

Tucker, a thirteen year-old boy deals with the conflicts of home and school. His “secret” is that his mom is an acohholic and he gets support from his teacher and a support group. Will mom find courage and strength to challenge the addiction?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Jul 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9781665744003

Ann Milburn

After forty years of teaching elementary students, at risk students and reading to low achievers, she if aware of the influences of addiction on students and their homelife. Thirty one years of recovery has given her personal insight.

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To all the students

who taught me

Contents

Part 1   Spelling Bee

Part 2   Teens Talk

Part 3   Six Months Later

Epilogue

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1

Spelling Bee

There was not a sound in the auditorium. Every sixth, seventh, and eighth grader from Lake Ridge Middle School was watching as Tucker stepped up to the microphone. A girl named Emma had just missed her word. She sat down in