Teaching in the Dark

2026 Maincrest Media Award2025 First Place and Grand Prize for Book Cover, Chanticleer International Book Awards, Hearten Award for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction2024 Gold Winner, Non-Fiction Book Awards2024 Page Turner Awards Finalist, Best Debut Novel, Best Memoir, Best Cover2024 The Book Fest Award, First Place, Professional MemoirA humorous, tender memoir ~ Clarion ReviewRiveting! ~ BookTrib ReviewAuthentic and Immersive: A Thorough Fun. ~ Prairies Book ReviewWhat happens when a young, hopeful teacher lands in a remote Inuit village, with a culture vastly different from her own? Teaching in the Dark is a heartfelt, humorous, and poignant story of a teacher challenged with no curriculum, no plumbing, and a lot of power outages, but who ultimately learns how to teach from the heart at the edge of the Chukchi Sea.Teaching in the Dark chronicles Genet Simones first year as a teacher in the Arctic village of Shishmaref, Alaska. Her stories are funny, reflective, and poignant. They reveal the inner life of teachers everywhere: the endless doubt and confusion, mixed with hope and aspiration.This book is for teachers, both new and seasoned, who are looking for inspiration and confirmation of their hard, often thankless, work. Its for people who love adventures about self-exploration and the crazy complications inherent in trying to create relationships with people in different cultures. Its also a must-read for people who love the wild quirkiness of Alaska.Hands down, youll love this story by award-winning author Genet Simone, diving deep into the journey of a teachers life and what it means to make a differencenot only in the lives of her students, but her own life as well.A beautifully written, amazing book. I loved it! If youre a teacher, you definitely should read it, because its going to inspire you to wake up to more of who you are and can be in the classroom. This book even goes beyond just being a book for teachers. Someone once said to me there are only two things in the world that will change your life: the people you meet and the books you read. Youre going to get both of those experiences when you read this book. Get a copy I promise you, you wont regret it. ~ Jack Canfield, Author of The Success Principles and Chicken Soup for the Soul series