abstract:The New Kid At School is the first novel in Kate McMullan's children series Dragon Slayers Academy. It was published by Grosset & Dunlap in November 1997.
Dr. Ferrari, 64 years old, sat down recently with The Wall Street Journal to talk about interdisciplinary collaboration, faculty recruitment and what it's like for the Carey School to be thenewkidat a historic university.
Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, New York, we returned home from a day atschool and did (always in this order) three things: First, we had a snack (long story, but my mother hid the treats in the trunk of our '80 Datsun 510, leaving my brother and me a choice of plain graham crackers, carrots or -- dear God -- homemade yogurt).