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Wintergreen
When Mike Thornton first walks into the imposing office of old Willerby - venerable and off-the-wall headmaster of Wintergreen prep school for boys - the inexperienced young form teacher knows little of the fate that awaits him.
Two adventuresome terms, and innumerable scrapes, later - and Mike is an old Wintergreen hand. His training is wide ranging and invariably unorthodox - there are errant rugby matches, anarchic firework displays and strategic snowball battles to rival the most labyrinthine of conflicts. Not to mention a riotous meet of basset hounds on the sacred Wintergreen lawns, and a weeklong fell walking endeavour with some of the school's most excitable pupils. A steep learning curve for any young greenhorn!
Mike is accompanied in his travails by a glorious cast of characters - from the shipshape Matron (ever prepared to make 'an engineering job' of any task) and the hopelessly adrift English mistress Flip Flap to the boys themselves, the learned Duffield, the lumbersome Golightly, the oversized MacPherson and the light-fingered Knightley.
This light-hearted and often hilarious tale of prep school life offers a charming slice of a bygone era. It is told with wit, charm and an unerring eye for the glorious absurdities of life.
Two adventuresome terms, and innumerable scrapes, later - and Mike is an old Wintergreen hand. His training is wide ranging and invariably unorthodox - there are errant rugby matches, anarchic firework displays and strategic snowball battles to rival the most labyrinthine of conflicts. Not to mention a riotous meet of basset hounds on the sacred Wintergreen lawns, and a weeklong fell walking endeavour with some of the school's most excitable pupils. A steep learning curve for any young greenhorn!
Mike is accompanied in his travails by a glorious cast of characters - from the shipshape Matron (ever prepared to make 'an engineering job' of any task) and the hopelessly adrift English mistress Flip Flap to the boys themselves, the learned Duffield, the lumbersome Golightly, the oversized MacPherson and the light-fingered Knightley.
This light-hearted and often hilarious tale of prep school life offers a charming slice of a bygone era. It is told with wit, charm and an unerring eye for the glorious absurdities of life.
218 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2013
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About the author
Scott Cooper
53 books1 followerScott Cooper is a principal and CFO of an international planning and design firm and a member of the local school board. He has been a teacher, basketball coach, scout leader, and Boys' and Girls' club volunteer. He lives in California with his wife and three children.
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