Based on a beloved teachers most popular lesson, The Priority List is a bold, inspirational story of learning, love, and legacy that challenges us to ask: What truly matters in life? David Menasche lived for his work as a high school English teacher. His passion inspired his students, and between lessons on Shakespeare and sentence structure, he forged a unique bond with his kids, buoying them through personal struggles while sharing valuable life lessons. When a six-year battle with brain cancer ultimately stole Davids vision, memory, mobility, andmost tragically of allhis ability to continue teaching, he was devastated by the thought that he would no longer have the chance to impact his students lives each day. But teaching is something Menasche just couldnt quit. Undaunted by the difficult road ahead of him, he decided to end his treatments and make life his classroom. Cancer had robbed him of his past and would most certainly take his future; he wouldnt allow it to steal his present. He turned to Facebook with an audacious plan: a journey across America by bus, by train, by red-tipped canein hopes of seeing firsthand how his kids were faring in life. Had he made a difference? Within forty-eight hours of posting, former students in more than fifty cities replied with offers of support and shelter.

Traveling more than eight thousand miles from Miami to New York, to Americas heartland and San Franciscos Golden Gate, and visiting hundreds of his students, Davids fearless journey explores the things we all want and need out of lifefamily, security, independence, love, adventureand forces us to stop to consider our own Priority List.