Three Cheers for the River School
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Three Cheers for the River School
By (Author) Sabine Adeyinka
Chicken House Ltd
Chicken House Ltd
1st November 2024
4th July 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Songbooks / singing
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
180g
Description
A delightful boarding school adventure set in Nigeria the third novel in critically acclaimed trilogy. Its a new school year and Jummy is looking forward to playing football but then the new head teacher decides to ban it! Instead, the girls must host an inter-school music festival that the rival boys school is likely to win. With River School pride at stake, Jummy and her team must come up with a new game plan and fast. A characterful own-voices story and the third novel in the critically acclaimed trilogy. Jummy at the River School was chosen as the BA Indie Book of the Month and the Blackwells Childrens Book of the Month. A glorious collision of old-fashioned boarding-school tropes with vibrant 1990s Nigeria. PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: Beautifully told, with powerful and emotive writing a joyous read filled with hope THE SCOTSMAN a lively, joyous book BOOKS FOR KEEPS a sumptuous adventure THE OLDIE full of drama both big and small BOOKTRUST
