They were called the class from Hell-thirty-four inner-city sophomores she inherited from a teacher who'd been pushed over the edge. " She was told "those kids have tasted blood. They're dangerous. " But LouAnne Johnson had a different idea. Where the school system saw thirty-four unreachable kids, she saw young men and women with intelligence and dreams. When others gave up on them, she broken the rules to give them the best things a teacher can give--hope and belief in themselves. When statistics showed the chances were they'd never graduate, she fought to beat the odds. This is her remarkable story-and theirs.