Mister teacher
Subtitle: the alternative school logbook, 1978-1979
By: Jack Sheffield
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780552155274
Subjects: Fiction; Elementary school teaching; Manners and customs; Elementary school principals; Social life and customs
Description: It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There are three letters on his desk - one makes him smile, one makes him sad and one is destined to change his life forever. This is from nine-year-old Sebastian, suffering from leukaemia in the local hospital, who writes a heartbreaking letter addressed to 'Mister Teacher'. Jack tries to help, and so begins a journey through the seasons of Yorkshire life in which the school is the natural centre of the community.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bantam.