Publisher: Short Books Uk|ISBN:
9781906021511 |Pages:
304
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It is the last day of term at the Gilda Ball Academy, and teacher Martin Hicks starts it full of hope - he is about to get the promotion he's wanted for yearsand - good intentions, vowing to make things up with his estranged wife Helen. Cut to a dim, dark basement room in Elephant and Castle, where Bela, a Hungarian boy, lives with his great-uncle, a refugee from the Second World War, and his mother, a chain-smoking Communist. Bela has been threatening revenge on Martin ever since being suspended from Gilda Ball a few weeks previously following a playground riot during which a teacher died. He believes it was Martin who grassed him up...
About the Author
Francis Gilbert has taught in a variety of comprehensive schools in London and currently teaches English part-time. His previous books have included I m A Teacher, Get Me Out of Here (Short Books, 2004), Teacher on the Run (Short Books, 2005), Yob Nation (2006) and Working the System (Short Books, 2009). He lives in east London with his wife and son.
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