Good Day, Bad Day: Teaching as a High-Wire Act reminds us seasoned teachers of the growth and struggles a beginning teacher must experience before they develop into a fully formed teaching professional. The information and analysis in the book would greatly benefit pre-service and novice teachers in that it vividly illustrates a typical first year in the teaching profession. Administrators and teacher educators would also benefit from this book - it will refresh their memories of what it was like to be a beginning teacher. Finally, this book can help guide all of us in the teaching profession as we search for the best ways to mentor our own beginning teachers and help them to establish their personal and professional identities.