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The Little Village School: Book 1 in the gorgeously uplifting Little Village School series
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Little Village School: Book 1 in the gorgeously uplifting Little Village School series
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gervase Phinn
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Series | The Little Village School Series |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781444705584
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Illustrations |
none
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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Imprint |
Hodder Paperback
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Publication Date |
7 June 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
She was wearing red shoes! With silver heels! Elisabeth Devine causes quite a stir on her arrival in the village. No one can understand why the head of a big inner city school would want to come to sleepy little Barton-in-the-Dale, to a primary with more problems than school dinners. And that's not even counting the challenges the mysterious Elisabeth herself will face: a bitter former head teacher, a grumpy caretaker and a duplicitous chair of governors, to name but a few. Then there's the gossip. After all, a woman who would wear red shoes to an interview is obviously capable of anything . . . Warm, funny and poignant, Gervase Phinn's first novel for adults creates a fictional world that's as real as can be. It will delight all his fans, and win him many more.
Author Biography
Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, school inspector, educational consultant, and visiting professor of education. For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Adviser for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided much source material for his books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, York. He lives with his family near Doncaster. Visit Gervase's website, www.gervase-phinn.com.
ReviewsWritten with all the humour and warmth one has come to expect from this master storyteller. - Countryman This heartwarming tale makes ideal holiday reading - News of the World As Yorkshire's favourite school inspector turns to fiction you can enjoy memorable characters and turns of phrase. - Choice
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