Challenge For The Chalet School
Synopsis
The book begins with Miss Annersley, the headmistress, breaking the news to the Maynard triplets that she will not be available to be Head of the school for the coming Christmas term. She has been chosen to take part in an educational tour of Europe and Miss Wilmot, an Old Girl, will be Head in her absence.
Evelyn Ross is a new girl come from England to attend the Chalet School while her mother receives treatment for tuberculosis at the nearby Sanatorium. Unrest is not soon in coming as Evelyn gets into trouble with Margot Maynard for laziness at games, and also with her form Va for threatening to tell tales about a form matter.
Another, younger, new girl, Jocelyn Marvell is also introduced. Described as a "demon" and "brimful of mischief", she has been sent to the Chalet School due to extreme misbehavior. She wastes no time in making her presence felt with a string of misdeeds.
Miss Ferrars is struck by a bout of appendicitis and Dr. Stacie Benson steps in to take her place while she is incapacitated.
An escapade of Jocelyn's, the return of Miss Annersley and the performance of the Nativity play bring the term to an end.
contributed by Dawn Dottin, Barbados __ working from a hardback edition
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