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School's Out!
Jack Sheffield
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Description for School's Out!
Paperback. As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an eventful year than usual. A teacher is appointed, and before long tongues start to wag. Meanwhile, five-year old Madona Fazackerly makes her mark in an unexpected way, life changes dramatically for Ruby the caretaker and, in village Coffee Shop, Dorothy Humpleby plans a dirty weekend. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an even more eventful year than usual. A new teacher is appointed, and before long tongues start to wag.
Meanwhile, five-year old Madona Fazackerly makes her mark in an unexpected way, life changes dramatically for Ruby the caretaker and, in the village Coffee Shop, Dorothy Humpleby plans a dirty weekend.
It’s 1983 - the era of the new CD player, Microsoft Word, the McDonalds McNugget, cabbage patch dolls, the threat of a miners’ strike and a final farewell to the halfpenny piece.
Jack has to manage ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552167031
SKU
V9780552167031
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Jack Sheffield
Jack Sheffield was born in 1945 and gew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate in north-east Leeds. After training to be a teacher, he became a headteacher in two North Yorkshire schools before becoming a Senior Lecturer at Bretton Hall College. It was at this time that he began to record his many amusing stories of Yorkshire village ... Read more
Reviews for School's Out!
School and village life is painted with compassion and an exquisite sense of detail, deftly balancing humour and tragedy.
Choice magazine
A wonderful, nostalgic trip to the era of Cabbage Patch dolls and the introduction of CD players.
Good Book Guide
Choice magazine
A wonderful, nostalgic trip to the era of Cabbage Patch dolls and the introduction of CD players.
Good Book Guide