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The Schoolmaster (Caribbean Writers Series)


Caribbean Writers

No. of pages 192

Published: 1997

Great for age 12-18 years

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Earl Lovelace's Trinidadian novel tells the story of an isolated rural community coming into contact with the woder world. The villagers learn, only too cruelly, that progress can mean the destruction of cherished values.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Caribbean Writers .

This book has been graded for interest at 14-16 years.

There are 192 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1997 by Heinemann Educational Books .

Earl Lovelace is an acclaimed writer from Trinidad, whose books include The Dragon Can't Dance . In 1997 he won the Caribbean Writer's Prize with his novel Salt .

 

This book is in the following series:

Caribbean Writers

"I trust Lovelace's creative rendering of contemporary Trinidadian social history, the immediacy of the native rootedness in storytelling, and, above all, his persuasive moral comedy."-World Literature Today

 

?I trust Lovelace's creative rendering of contemporary Trinidadian social history, the immediacy of the native rootedness in storytelling, and, above all, his persuasive moral comedy.?-World Literature Today