Notes from the Buffer Zone

Mrs. Carpenter considers Tracy a lost cause, one of those students who cares little about school and even less about completing her writing assignments. Until the day Tracy offers her teacher a glimpse into the creative soul that lies beneath the teenage exterior. And that glimpse will change everything Tracy’s teacher knows about her student, and herself.

[Rusch] is one of those very few writers whose style takes me right into the story—the words and pages disappear as the characters and th...