50 TEACHERS BEFORE HER HAD QUIT The unruly pupils of COME NEAR IF YOU DARE school don't know what hits them when Teacher Tabitha blows into town. Teacher Tabitha has done Arm-wrestling, Bunji-jumping, Karate, Triathlons when she was so bored in Boring Town. She's survived death-defying flights on the Tiny, Noisy, Super Scary, Super Stinky Rattle Trap to get here and she's NOT going to quit Not for a Money-Grubbing, Gravy-Addicted Principal who lets the kids run wild, or a Grab-It-All Kleptomaniac who is out to steal the roof from under her head Not for working at nights, and on weekends too, or freezing her toes off, or going without food. But what to do about an Out-Of-Control BULLY who has driven 50 teachers before her away? Brave Teacher Tabitha is scared out of her wits, but for Rebecca Prim And Small, and all the other kids, she has to do something A TEACHER-PUPIL-PRINCIPAL BATTLE ROYALE WITH GUTS, SMARTS, HEART AND RIBALD HUMOUR IN THE OUTRAGEOUS TRADITION OF ROALD DAHL FOR ALL TEACHERS AND KIDS WHO HAVE BRAVED THE HINTERLAND AND COME OUT LAUGHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Geraldine Ryan-Lush is a prolific, multi-award-winning author and poet. with 21 books to her credit. She holds a B.A. ED from Memorial University of NL, and is a former classroom teacher. and print columnist for The Evening Telegram and scholarly journals across Canada. She has been reviewed in numerous prestigious sources across North America, including School Library Journal, N.Y. Her many awards and accolades include an American Booksellers Pick Of The List, Merit Magazine Studio Award, Alcuin Society Design Award, Atlantic Books Today Editors Pick, and 4 Canada Book Awards for her YA novel The Gravel Pit Kids, her adult novel The Seashell's Lament. her ryhming stories Goodbye Wart , and her wacky, virus themed MumpsMania: A Runaway Virus Tale. Her two major collections of poetry for adults, "Once When I Wasn't Looking" and "Greenwood Fires" are contained in The Journal For Canadian Poetry, University of Toronto. Her books are on collection in numerous libraries and library systems across North America. She lives and writes on the beautiful East Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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