Sahara special

A girl named Sahara lives with her mom without her dad.

She wants to be a writer. She is held back to repeat 5th or 4rth grade. Her new teacher.. Sahara really likes her and her teacher encourages her to do well in school and write, while other teachers want her to fail. They think she needs special teaching. But her mom tells her not to go to the special needs class and go to her class. So she does. There is another student that is held back but makes it through 5th grade with Sahara.