Ms Skinner is now a published author!
Ms Skinner, our Primary Behavioural and Pastoral Officer, is now a published author of Young Adult fiction. Her book is called Minor Perception: Summer Class. She started writing her book during lockdown.
Last year, whilst working with some of our Secondary PIP students, she gave them the manuscript and asked them to read and analyse it as part of their English lesson. The eleven students did not know that Ms Skinner was the author and they were very honest in their personal reviews of what they thought about the story.
After revealing to the students that she was the author, Ms Skinner promised them that she would include their names in the book and has published the book with their word for word reviews printed in the front.
Each of the students involved received a complimentary, signed copy.
Minor Perception is recommended 11+
It is available now from Amazon, Waterstones and all other bookshops, both online and in store.
Do you remember what it was like to be a child in an adult's world?
It's September 2019 and the beginning of a new year at Mimosa Primary School.
Holly, Louise, Otterlie and Bertie are looking forward to being in Year Five, Summer Class, with its charismatic young teaching assistant, Mr George. None of them yet having ever heard of coronavirus.
As the year unfolds, each of them must face their own personal challenges. Dysfunctional families, gangs of local predators and the usual school bullying all take their toll. Suddenly, come the spring, everybody must face an unprecedented threat.
Narrated from four different viewpoints, this portrayal of everyday life for modern children is a timely reminder of how precarious childhood really can be and what a struggle it is to keep it protected.
