The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy [Paperback]

Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years: a tree that has watched over many young lives ...Under Junior Assistant Mistress Maddy Rosss careful gaze the children play, but out of school Maddys gaze lingers where it shouldnt. Maura Brennan, a bundle of fun from the rough end of town, plays with her pals: leap year baby Eddie Barton, the apple of his mothers eye, and Nessa Ryan, who little realises as she carves his name at the roots of the copper beech on the very last day of school, that shell get a lot more from one of her schoolmates than her first shy kiss.

Categories: Children’s Fiction