The Mobile Phone of Jeremy Bone

About the Book

Jeremy Bone is a retired schoolmaster who lives alone in a large schoolhouse. He dislikes modern technology, so is appalled when he mistakenly receives a mobile phone through the mail. Roger Bennet is a boy of junior school age who has some learning difficulties. Each week he delivers an apple pie to Mr Bone in exchange for an hour's tuition. He activates the phone which has mystical powers and a great adventure begins. During the story's progress an interesting relationship is formed between the pair, as they endeavour to return the mobile phone to its rightful owner. However there are evil forces at work which lead to some exciting and hilarious situations. A pleasant combination of satire and pathos is delivered in poetic form in this ideal book for reading aloud either to children or by children. A story for young people regardless of age.

About the Author

Born during World War Two, the son of a limestone quarry man, in a village above Buxton Spa in Derbyshire, England, the author was not very successful in his early years at school. He failed to gain admittance to grammar school and went instead to a secondary modern school (Intended for those not so academically gifted). Whilst there he excelled in school dramatic productions, became head prefect and dramatically lead them on a one-day protest strike. In his fourth year he was fortunate to be taught maths by the deputy headmaster, who inspired him with confidence and mathematical insight, something which has never left him to the present day. The headmaster persuaded his father to allow him to spend an extra year at school, until sixteen, and he was successful in exams which were a fore runner to present day G.C.S.E.