Dear Teacher

Jack Sheffield (author)

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction | Paperback Published on: 10/09/2009

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Synopsis

It's 1979: Dallas is enthralling the nation on TV, Mrs Thatcher has just become prime minister, Abba is top of the pops, and in the small Yorkshire village of Ragley-on-the-Forest, Jack Sheffield returns for his third year as headmaster of the village school.

Jack and his staff struggle to keep a semblance of normality throughout the turbulence of the school terms, as once again the official School Log fails to record what is really going on beneath the seemingly quiet routine. Ruby the caretaker discovers her Prince Charming; Vera the school secretary gets to meet her hero, Nicholas Parsons; and Jack, to his astonishment, finds himself having to stand in as a curiously skinny Father Christmas.

Jack also finds himself, at last, having to choose between the vivacious sisters Beth and Laura Henderson ...

Praise for Jack Sheffield
'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure' Alan Titchmarsh
'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes' Daily Express
'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school' Choice
'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own' York Press

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552157735
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 251g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 22 mm

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Dear Teacher

This is a light, amusing read, and very nostalgic. I found it very easy going, but some of the references were lost on me as I wasn't around at the time p... READ MORE

Lynsay Lambert

Dear Teacher

Headmaster Jack Sheffield keeps an official log as a record of the school year. This book is based on his 'Alternative School Logbook' in which he details... READ MORE

Helen Gough

Dear Teacher

This is a lighthearted book which has some vaguely amusing moments. Set in the late 1970's with lots of cultural references ( though I think some of them a... READ MORE

Mary Stagg

Dear Teacher

An gently story detailing life in a country school. I found the characters very human, the kind we all know for somewhere. Some of the children's sayings a... READ MORE

Mary Thurley

Dear Teacher

A lovely, unchallenging summer read that transports the reader back to a forgotten time of unspoken manners and expectation in a primary school in a small ... READ MORE

Lisa Cherry

Dear Teacher

A gentle stroll through the Yorkshire countryside with a headteacher of a primary school. I was slightly irritated by this book as I think Gervaise Phinn ... READ MORE

muriel bailiwick

Dear Teacher

Set in the school term of 1979-1980, Dear Teacher, is a charming, warm read. Jack Sheffield is the Head of a little village primary, Ragley School. The sto... READ MORE

Samantha Melville

Dear Teacher

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