Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077

When writer Craig Davidson finds himself in a writing slump, he finds a job as a school bus driver for special needs students. As he works with these students his perspective and attitude towards his “precious cargo” changes as he sees their unique strengths as well as their social, physical, and emotional challenges. This accessible and endearing memoir, often touched with humour, is suitable for grade 9-12 literature circles and as a class text. It shows readers that everyone, despite strengths and weaknesses, desires to be valued and have purpose in life, and the importance of strength, perseverance, empathy, inclusivity, and compassion.