The Little Village School - Softcover

Phinn, Gervase

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144470558X ISBN 13: 9781444705584

Publisher: Hodder, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, 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 has four grown up children and four grandchildren and lives near Doncaster. Visit Gervase's website, www.gervase-phinn.com.

Review:

As Yorkshire's favourite school inspector turns to fiction you can enjoy memorable characters and turns of phrase.―Choice

Written 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

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 144470558X
• ISBN 13: 9781444705584
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320