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by David Grant

A school drama, set in a classroom, with 23 speaking parts, all of them school students.

Year 8 should have a supply teacher for their first lesson of the day but the supply teacher doesn't turn up. The class agree among themselves that they won't report the incident but try to get through the lesson unsupervised and undetected.

Conflicts of gender, academic ability, and conformism, build to the conclusion that - whatever schools and teachers may hope, struggle and aim for - it is the students who decide their own fate and their underlying humanity which sees them through.

Genres: Literature

104 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Julie Kristine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can easily see the younger students at my school enjoying this. Nothing groundbreaking but fun enough, with a touch of mischief and mystery.

[Fred · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a good play in its right; I had to read this for schoolwork.

It's not the type of thing I like - I don't tend to enjoy really casual, laidback YA stories with really children-dominated characters. I didn't manage to connect to any of the characters in this and none of them felt particularly fleshed out. (Maybe because it has a cast of a full school class!)

If I'm honest, I didn't particularly like it but work is work and it has to be done. :)

[Fiona McNicol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good fun, designed to be taught to a class of young teenagers and fit for purpose. It's not groundbreaking but it is enjoyable.

[Andys Videogame · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome