The hair on Palm of the Hand is a children's novel by English writer Jan Mark, published in 1981. It is also a Chivers Audio book read by Tony Robinson.
This is a highly regarded school storybook, and consists of two short novels:
Video Hairs in the Palm of the Hand
Time and Time
The story takes place at the school of all boys with a special class called 1x. One of the students, Martin Bennett noted how much time was wasted and saved during each school day for fun.
When Addison's troublemakers realized what Martin was going to do, he and some other classmates, Forbes, Hopkins, Luckhurst and Traill decided to bet how much they could save and waste over the next week with Martin as the bookie and Forbes his boss, though The Deputy Headmaster issues a ban on gambling.
Whoever wins will collect his victory at stop 125, if it comes out, nobody wins.
The following week became chaotic mostly with Hopkins (who wagered a 49 minute wastage) and Addison (who bet saved 15 minutes) tried to win their bets with incidents and distractions while interrupting quite a lot of their teachers.
But eventually all the teachers find out what happened, especially when Martin accidentally handed over time to waste paper, not his exam paper to one of Mr. teachers. Holland with mistakes and after a fire drill, nobody ends up winning many bets for Addison's distractions.
Maps Hairs in the Palm of the Hand
Chutzpah
The story is about a teenage girl named Eileen Skeates who decides to visit a mixed school called Shepway that is comprehensive, causing a lot of chaos during her visit and turning the school into a joke.
His actions included giving false names Julie Smith, Susan Tucker and Deborah Clark when challenged by some teachers, introducing third-year girls to feminist politics and pushing the sixth form to squat in unused classrooms.
She meets a girl named Lisa Donovan, who thinks she's stocky because of her carefree attitude and the way she keeps causing trouble. Then after a long chat with each other, the teachers realized what Eileen was doing and one of them caught it. While taken to the principal's office, she runs away after the teacher tries to handle the sixth form incident caused by Eileen that allows the girl to slip away. After saying goodbye to Lisa who along with several other girls she met and telling them why she came to their school, Eileen returned home.
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