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Jaer Armstead-Jones

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Jaer Armstead-Jones has been a middle school English teacher in the St. Louis area since 2007 (known as Mr. Jarrod Jones). He earned a bachelor’s degree in media communications from Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri, and a master’s degree in secondary education from the University of Phoenix.

Throughout his teaching of reading and writing, he has always had a burning desire to write books for middle grade and high school teens that they can relate to, find enjoyment in, and books that are alluring to keep them in a state of suspense. My Invisible Father is his first novel. He has also written for a local St. Louis newspaper as a reporter/writer covering stories from politics, to sports and education, to business.

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My Invisible Father: Turn on the Light to See the Unseen

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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

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Probably a 4.5. One of my students told me this was her all-time favorite book, and she is a big reader, so I told her I would read it. Once I got started, I could realizeed it was a romance story. And even though I'm not into romance, I would say th ...more
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