Teacher's Dead

Benjamin Zephaniah

Sinossi

A teacher is dead, murdered by two of his students in front of the school. He was a good man. People liked him. So how could this happen? Why? It just doesn't make sense to Jackson, and he is determined to investigate the case until he understands.  
Benjamin Zephaniah has, once again, chosen a topical and hard-hitting subject - and he deals with it in his own uniquely empathetic and edgy way.

Disponibile da: 03/07/2012.

Lunghezza di stampa: 224 pagine.

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