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Village Teacher

Village Teacher

by JackSheffield (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $4.18
Synopsis

It's 1980: recession and unemployment has hit Britain, a royal wedding is on the way, and the whole country is wondering Who Shot JR. Jack returns for his fourth year at Ragley-on-the Forest School, and there's a definite chill in the air. Village schools are being closed down all over the place - will his be one of them? As school life continues - Vera, the school secretary, has to grapple with a new-fangled electric typewriter, Ruby celebrates ten years as the school cleaner, and the village panto throws up some unusual problems - Jack wonders what the future holds..."Village Teacher" is another heartwarming, funny and moving tale from this classic series.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 01 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0593061616
ISBN 13: 9780593061619
Book Overview: Another heartwarming, funny and moving tale about life in a small Yorkshire village

Author Bio
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 head teacher 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. Visit his website at www.jacksheffield.com.