The Things That Matter Most

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 358 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of Teacher.Gabbie Stroud is a teacher whose classroom has expanded to embrace an entire nation. First in non fiction and now in moving, powerful fiction, Stroud educates us all about the tender, excruciating burden on the hearts of teachers today. Annabel CrabbLionel Merrick stumbled into my heart like a kid late for class, then the whole book swept in after him … gut-wrenching and important. Trent Dalton, bestselling author of Boy Swallows UniverseThe staff of St Margarets Primary School are hanging by a thread. Theres serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to say about everything. As teachers theyre trying to remain professional, as people theyre unravelling fast.Theres Tyson, first year out of uni and nervous as hell, Derek the Assistant Principal whos dropped the ball on administration, Bev from the office whos confronting a serious diagnosis, and Sally-Ann whos desperate for a child of her own.Thank goodness for kids like Lionel Merrick. Lionel is the student who steals your heart and makes the whole teaching gig worthwhile: hes cheerful, likeable, helpful - and devoted to his little sister Lacey. But Lionel has a secret of his own. As his future slides from vulnerable to dangerous, will someone from St Margarets realise before its too lateAs secrets threaten to be exposed and working demands increase, each staff member struggles to recall the things that matter most.A moving and compelling novel about teachers and their students by the acclaimed author of the bestselling books Teacher and Dear Parents.

ISBN: 9781760879839