New Mistress at the Chalet School
Synopsis
Kathie Ferrars is delighted to be chosen to work at the Chalet School - what a fantastic first job!! Her aunt gives her some advice about teaching and Kathie is eager to start work. She meets Biddy O'Ryan on the way to the Chalet School and they become firm friends.
Kathie is amazed at the friendliness of everyone at the Chalet School and is quickly made to feel welcome. She is to be form mistress of a new form, Intermediate V, and will also teach maths and geography through the school.
This is not as easy as it seems - she has the vain Yseult, the mischievous Margot and the naughty Francie in her form, and in the early weeks of the term she can't keep them in order. After her first meting with Mary-Lou, Kathie dislikes her because she feels that Mary Lou treats the staff as equal to herself.
This changes slightly when the prefects entertain the staff one Saturday night but Kathie is still cool to Mary-Lou until Mary-Lou saves her from a perilous death.
An unexpected and entertaining visitor shows up one day to give the staff some excitement but there is also a near tragedy due to the greediness of one girl.
The term finishes with Kathie and Mary-Lou sorting out their differences.
contributed by Miranda Cummings, Australia __ working from a paperback edition
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