Mr. Gorzug · Book 4
Mr Gorzug and the Matter of Home
Three claims on his future. He can only choose one home.
Gorzug has never been more settled. Which is, naturally, when everything comes to claim him at once. The academy trust wants to promote him out of the classroom and into a roving “model of best practice.” The old world wants him back: Tazgul of the House of Serat arrives through a reopened seam to call him home by blood and rank. And Saira Khan wants something he cannot even perceive, because his world-view has no category for it.
Three claims, one autumn term, and a choice that no siege or speech can win for him. Amid open evenings, barbecues, and a pupil romance that mirrors his own fumbling, Gorzug must decide where — and with whom — he truly belongs.
The richest, most heartfelt book yet, resolved not with a duel but with four quiet words.
“I choose it because it is home.”
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Praise for Mr Gorzug and the Matter of Home
“Funny, touching at times, and wonderfully insightful … about what students need in order to learn in safety despite the craziness of educational bureaucracy.”