Wordy Birds

The Headmaster Ritual
Original airdate: July 27, 2007
About the Book: A novice teacher and an alienated senior endure a year under the hand of the school’s manipulative headmaster with a sinister agenda of his own.
Taylor Antrim’s debut is a clear-eyed examination of hidden worlds whose complexities and rules are only understood from inside: the insular ecosystem [...]

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