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The School Inspector Calls! by Gervase Phinn - ISBN: 9781444706079
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Village school chaos! Love, secrets, and a very important visitor arrive.

The School Inspector Calls!

Book 3 in the uplifting and enriching Little Village School series

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    416 pages

  • Release Date

    12 August 2014

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Summary

’[Gervase Phinn is] a worthy successor to James Herriott, and every bit as endearing.’ - Bestselling author Alan Titchmarsh

Summer has arrived in Barton-in-the-Dale and as a new term begins at the little primary school, it’s not just the warm weather that’s getting people hot under the collar.

Meetings with the teachers from Urebank School to discuss the merger are producing more than a few fireworks, a disruptive new pupil arrives, set to cause trouble, and a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444706079
ISBN-10:1444706071
Author:Gervase Phinn
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:12 August 2014
Weight:330g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 28mm
Series:The Little Village School Series
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Critics Review

Written with all the humour and warmth one has come to expect from this master storyteller.– Countryman

PRAISE FOR GERVASE PHINN:

Packed with delightful and authentic characters, juicy gossip, precarious romance and good old-fashioned village drama, this is a warm-hearted and hilarious account of a struggling school in a small community - The Good Book Guide

This heartwarming tale makes ideal holiday reading - News of the World

As Yorkshire’s favourite school inspector turns to fiction you can enjoy memorable characters and turns of phrase. - Choice

Written with all the humour and warmth one has come to expect from this master storyteller. - Countryman

There’s gossip in the village shop, and the new curate is raising eyebrows. It’s all classic Gervase Phinn - Choice magazine

A worthy successor to James Herriott, and every bit as endearing. - bestselling author Alan Titchmarsh

When Gervase Phinn receives his peerage for services to good-heartedness, this will be the motto on his coat of arms: “Ex silvis sed non supra montem.” … This entertaining and moving homework earns a good few merit marks. Gervase Phinn is not going downhill yet, by a long chalk on a blackboard. - Independent

About The Author

Gervase Phinn

Dr Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, educational consultant and visiting professor of education. For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Adviser for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided much source material for his books. He has four grown up children and four grandchildren and lives near Doncaster.

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