Product Description

Tom is finding it hard to come to terms with the death of his father and life just gets worse as Mum meets a new man and a bully joins his class at school. Unkind people say that his firefighter father ought not to have risked his life in a blaze when he had a family to support, but Tom knows that his father was a true hero. Will he find the same courage within himself to stand up to the bully, and also accept his mother's new friend?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20357 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

From the Back Cover
Trumpeter and ace footballer Tom has lost all his interest in playing now that he’s lost his dad. There’s a big bully at school, Mum is finding new male friends, but Tom just wants his fireman dad back. Will he find the same courage his father showed, stand up to the bully and look for the best in life?
Bestselling author Gervase Phinn has written a perceptive and moving story of a boy coming to terms with loss and learning to face life’s challenges.

About the Author
Gervase Phinn leads a very full and active life: a bestselling author and poet, teacher, freelance lecturer, educational consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and, last but by no means least, father of four. The majority of his time is spent in schools with teachers and children. He is best known for his autobiographical accounts of his time as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales, which have been likened to James Herriot's books.

Customer Reviews

brilliant
This is a briliant book presumably written for teenagers, but I read it as an adult.
Very moving and realistic story with poignant ending.
A highly enjoyable book

'Yorkshire' light reading
Once you read these books you must see the DVD, it really was the good old days!!!

More of a childrens book
This wasn't listed a a childs book, not a patch on his other books, quite a disappointment!