𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫

Author: Jack Sheffield, 336 pages, paperback.
It’s 1980: recession and unemployment has hit Britain, a royal wedding is on the way, and the whole country is wondering Who Shot JR.
Jack returns for his fourth year at Ragley-on-the Forest School, and there’s a definite chill in the air. Village schools are being closed down all over the place – will his be one of them? As school life continues – Vera, the school secretary, has to grapple with a new-fangled electric typewriter, Ruby celebrates ten years as the school cleaner, and the village panto throws up some unusual problems – Jack wonders what the future holds…Village Teacher is another heartwarming, funny and moving tale from this classic series.