Saving Miss Oliver's

<p><b>The fate of the beloved school is hanging in the balance. . . </b><p>From the very first paragraphs <i>Saving Miss Oliver's</i> is an engaging read and is very highly recommended to all general fiction readers.<BR>--<b><i>Midwest Book Review</b></i><p>There are moments here that indicate that Davenport who as his bio notes 'had a long career in education' was probably an excellent teacher like a scene in which Francis explicates a Robert Frost poem with his class and there are some wonderful students like the head of the school newspaper who is conducting research about the sex lives of students. . . A book for anyone who's wondered about the inner workings and worries of a school administration.<BR>--<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><p>The prestigious boarding school Miss Oliver's School for Girls is on the cusp of going under. The trustees just fired the headmistress of the last thirty-five years and the alumnae and students are angry and determined to hate her successor the new--and male--head Fred Kindler. If only he can gain the support of the legendary senior teacher Francis Plummer then Fred might have a fighting chance to save the school; but no one except Francis's wife and the school librarian Peggy is willing to give Fred a chance.<p>With Fred's career on the line and the Plummers' marriage at stake will Miss Oliver's survive to be the school it once was?