One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Based on the author's own experiences, this is the story of a black teacher's trials and triumphs with a group of senior pupils in an overcrowded London school.



When a woman refuses to sit next to him on the bus, Rick Braithwaite is saddened by her prejudice. In cosmopolitan London, he had hoped for a more enlightened attitude.

When he begins his first teaching job in a tough East End school, the reactions are the same. Slowly and painfully, some of the barriers are broken down, but his story is still very relevant today.