Summary
The hilarious and heartwarming new Teacher novel.
A NEW YEAR AT RAGLEY-ON-THE-FOREST SCHOOL…
It’s 1981, the time of Adam and the Ants, Rubik’s Cube, the Sony Walkman and the Falklands War, as head teacher Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley-on-the-Forest School for another rollercoaster year.
Vera, the ever-efficient school secretary, has to grapple with a new-fangled computer - and enjoys a royal occasion - while Ruby the caretaker rediscovers romance with a Butlin’s Red…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552162203 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552162205 |
| Author: | Jack Sheffield |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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…the charming Teacher series… Sheffield has an engaging writing style and is adept at bringing his characters to life
…the charming Teacher series… Sheffield has an engaging writing style and is adept at bringing his characters to life * Liverpool Daily Post *
About The Author
Jack Sheffield
Jack Sheffield was born in 1945 and grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a ‘pitch boy’, repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop Man before going to St John’s College, York, and training to be a teacher. In the late 70s and 80s, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in primary education at Bretton Hall near Wakefield. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life. He lives in York and Hampshire.
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