Mister Teacher, the alternative school logbook, 1978-1979 - Jack Sheffield

Title: Mister Teacher

Sub Title: the alternative school logbook, 1978-1979

Author: Jack Sheffield

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Limited

Year: 2008

Number of pages: 368

ISBN: 9780552155274

Synopsis: It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield is beginning his second year as headmaster of a small village school in North Yorkshire. There are three letters on his desk - one makes him smile, one makes him sad and one is destined to change his life forever. This is from nine-year-old Sebastian, suffering from leukaemia in the local hospital, who writes a heartbreaking letter addressed to 'Mister Teacher'. So begins a journey through the seasons of Yorkshire life in which the school is the natural centre of the community. Vera, the school secretary who worships Margaret Thatcher; Ruby, the twenty-stone caretaker who sings like Julie Andrews; Dorothy, the coffee shop assistant who is desperate to be Wonder Woman; all these, and many more colourful characters, accompany Jack through the ups and downs of the school year. Most of all, there is the lovely Beth Henderson, a teacher from a nearby school, who with her sister Laura presents Jack with an unexpected dilemma. 'Take a dash of Heartbeat, add a sprinkling of All Creatures Great And Small...and you have Mister Teacher.It will have you crying tears of laughter and sadness. A joy to read' Glasgow Evening Times 'A charming memoir' Daily Express

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