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| Mister Teacher | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Sheffield
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 82424
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0593057864
EAN: 9780593057865
ASIN: 0593057864
Publication Date: January 28, 2008
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Teacher, Teacher/Mr. Teacher August 10, 2008
Being born and bred in God's Own Country, and proud of it, I was sceptical of Mr. Sheffield's blurb. After Page 1 of "Teacher, Teacher", however, I was well and truely hooked. Yorkshire humour has to be the hardest thing in the world to transpose to paper, but Mr. Sheffield manages it effortlessly. The characters live and breathe, and, more importantly, I cared about them. I was transported back to my own brief years in "Infant & Junior School", and with the hindsight of maturity, recognised both myself and some of my teachers. I could not wait to read "Mr. Teacher",and devoured it within a day. Mr. Sheffield does not disappoint with his sequal, except for the very last page..... he makes us wait for his decision about Beth!!!! I have pre-ordered #3 and just wish it was out for Christmas. Mr. Sheffield (I cannot call him Jack, he's a Teacher) made me laugh until I cried. I also cried until I laughed.
Unique, poignant and ultimately real, I urge everyone to read,buy, beg, steal or borrow these books. Pure b****y genius.
teacher teacher June 23, 2008
A thoroughly enjoyable easy read. Simply a delight, written with typical Yorkshire humour. Jack Sheffield shares the joy he experienced in his teaching profession with us all. Written in the James Herriot & Gervais Finn mold. A real 5 star read!!!!!
It Will Catch On! June 14, 2008
This is the second in Jack Sheffield's part story part autobiography of his tales as a Head Teacher at a village school in Yorkshire.
The book is set in the late seventies, when the world was a seemingly different place, where the excitement of Margaret Thatcher becoming the first Woman Prime Minister on a national level to Vera, Jack's faithful secretary becoming the President of the local Women's Institute. What I love about this book and the story is how simple everything must have been then, only merely 30 years ago and also Jack Sheffield has achieved in showing the reader that actually a lot has changed in this time.
The worries of paying 30 pence a pint, that 1 million pound was a lot for a footballer and watching football on television was free were major talking points for a little village, think how much these things are now and they are all still being talked about.
You need to have read the first book, as it is a great introduction to the characters and this book cracks on with the story without the need to go over who everyone is and what role they play in the village. The likes of Ruby, the school caretaker with a larger than life personality and the delightful Beth, who has captured Jack's heart, are all featured. Look out for Laura though! There are new characters, which I hope in further books will be dealt with more, Miss Golightly of the local shop, Tim the hardware shop's pernickety owner all add to make this a rich tale of village life and it's centre, not just being the pub but the school where the next generation of locals are being developed and nurtured by Jack and his team of teachers.
My review of the first book commented on its over similarity to Gervase Phinn. I take that back with this book, this is a unique tale within its own right and worthy of a read. It will make you laugh, chuckle but also warm your heart with its stories as you go through another year with Jack Sheffield. Cannot wait for the next in the tale.
Village life, school life and love life rolled into two great reads! What more could you ask for? June 3, 2008
These are two books that have the X factor about them, namely the feel good factor! It reminds the reader of a time when the school was the centre of the community, children were individuals and not numbers, teachers were on the whole respected and there was less dictated and more freedom in the classroom. The books appealed to me on a number of fronts: firstly,I enjoyed the northern dialect, having originated orginally from Lancashire; I also loved the fact that it was set in a school, as I'm a teacher and finally, I enjoyed the fact that it was set in 1977 when I was born, which is an unusual era to choose. As soon as I read the first book, I was hot footing it to buy the second as I was getting withdrawal symptoms. I can't believe I have to wait to see whether he turned left or right. Although obviously he should have chosen Laura!!
Thank you Jack, you were one of the best parts of my half term!!
Jasmine
Top Marks for Jack Sheffield. April 30, 2008
Jack Sheffield has taken up where Miss Read left off. This is gentle, funny and often poignant. I loved it. This would make a perfect Sunday evening TV series with it's 70's nostalgia, bizarre fashions and lovable characters. I can't wait for the next one.
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