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It's Only Ever about the StudentsIn today's educational climate of budget shortages, rigid testing standards, and diminishing autonomy in the classroom, how can teachers bring creativity and passion back into their work? Teach Your Class Off offers educators struggling with these issues and feeling burnt out a way to hit the reset button and reconnect with what energizes them about teaching.CJ Reynolds, well-known to the 45,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, Real Rap with Reynolds, breaks down his methods for learning to teach outside your comfort zone, bringing real-world experiences into your students' lives, using DJ skills to manage the classroom, and finding a way to make magic in your class despite diminishing resources. The refreshing honesty of Reynolds's perspective coupled with his infectious optimism make this a great go-to for any teacher looking for much-needed inspiration. Teach Your Class Off is spoken truth meets slam poetry meets education. Just like Reynolds, this book is real, authentic, and relevant. I couldn't put it down --HAMISH BREWER, AUTHOR OF RELENTLESSTeach Your Class Off is like no other book you've ever read, and I guarantee you're going to learn new strategies, laugh, and probably even cry at some of the stories. Ten thumbs up --ADAM WELCOME, EDUCATOR, AUTHOR, SPEAKER, CONSULTANTThere are two types of teachers: those who simply transmit information and those who facilitate transformation. CJ Reynolds is the latter. He understands the importance of reaching the mind through the heart.--DR. DHARIUS DANIELS, AUTHOR OF RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, LEAD PASTOR, CHANGE CHURCH

A funny murder mystery that will delight you with a female sleuth who is not perfect, but she might be the purrfect person to solve the murder. What do you do when you have a cat caf , a snarky talking cat, and a dead body?Kit Beck is a woman with anger issues realizing her life is heading nowhere fast. She doesn't know what to do with her life or who to turn to.A bizarre request from her grandmother to take over her cat caf sets Kit on a path she never anticipated. As Kit struggles to settle into her new surroundings, she quickly realizes she may have taken on more than she can handle: Marjorie the T-rex. Brian the Biker. Sarah the Barista. And cats. So many cats.Dealing with the employees and residents of Caddy Cat Caf would be challenging enough. Add in an unsympathetic counselor for her court-mandated anger management sessions, and Kit is quickly overwhelmed. But Kit's chaotic new life gets thrown for a loop when she finds a dead body in the caf .Despite the police swarming the caf as a perpetual crime scene, Kit is too curious to let anyone else take over the investigation. And she has an advantage the police don't. Kit's special connection to cats just may be the edge she needs to solve the murder.With the help of chatty Gabby, Daisy, Trunk, Mr. Nuggy, and the rest of the Caddy Cat Caf crew, Kit just might turn into the world's most unlikely detective.Filled with witty dialog and a colorful cast of characters (including talking cats), Caturday Knife Special will have you laughing in breathless anticipation to find out 'whodunit' in the most original murder mystery you've ever read.Along the way, you may even encounter insightful pearls of truth to living your best life.