In this week's episode, we spend some time catching up with our teacher panelists to talk to them about the amazing things they have been doing thus far in their respective classrooms. Amy Fleming, Katherine Sokolowski, Gage Jeter, Beth Shaum, and Alex Corbitt tell us about some of their great successes in reading and writing as well as the surprises they have encountered as they approach the midway point of the school year. In a new segment of Voices from the Bookshelf, Beth Shaum demonstrates the ways in which author Ruta Sepetys is able to make historical fiction come to life for adolescent readers.