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Little Village School (2012)

by Gervase Phinn(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1445871122 (ISBN13: 9781445871127)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Windsor

review 1: He has previously written biographical collections of anecdotes about working as a school inspector in Yorkshire in the 1980s and this novelised version of a failing village school with a new headteacher trying to turn things round before the council can decide to close them down is very clearly drawn from his previous experience. I even recognised some of the same anecdotes. He has an engaging writing style and has spent a lot of time thinking about what makes a good teacher and how to get the best from different children, and his expertise shines through when he's writing about the school. He is less assured when it comes to some of the other elements, such as the entirely predictable romantic sub-plot he feels the need to include, and he came up with a complex back stor... morey for his main character which never quite rang true for me. Overall enjoyable, but not that accomplished. Glad it was a library book and not one I paid for. I'll read the sequel if I spot it, but won't make much effort to seek it out.
review 2: I've always been a huge fan of Gervase Phinn's writing. He brings together lots of parts which I like such as; humour, English village life and the Yorkshire dialect. This book is a delightful tale of a tiny school on the verge of closure, a new Head Mistress is appointed and great changes are about to take place, but not everyone approves. New friends are made and some old wounds begin to close in this first book in the series. less

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