num_pages: 49
description: An ensemble cast novella with a fresh and original concept  a sequence of stories about a teachers pupils at a school. The students eccentricities rebelliousness and vulnerabilities are depicted with warmth fondness and very often an absolutely heart-breaking poignancy as in the case of the child with brittle bones or the young boy grieving his sister. There is black humour too in places and endings that are intensely lyrical. The characterisations are superbly individualised vivid inventive and memorable and are written with beautiful variety of expression. A novella of immense charm that has real emotional substance.Michael Loveday author of Three Men on the EdgeEarly on one of Debra Daniels wonderfully eccentric characters says Dont try to figure out how its done. Just let it be magic. That turns out to be good advice. The Roster magically evokes the multifarious milieu of the school playground and the early-grade classroom. Its filled with quirky and unforgettable charactershyperactive twins a boy with Tourette a brittle-boned girl confined to a cartall beautifully rendered through the wise eyes of a primary school teacher. These are stories told with love and wonder. Theyre magic.Luke Whisnant author of In the Debris Field
language: English
title: The Roster
publisher: Ad Hoc Fiction