Author: Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Publisher: Girls Gone By
Date: 2007
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback
Description
Carnation of the Upper Fourth is one of Brent-Dyer's best singleton school stories and as the original blurb says, 'this jolly school story will enhance this author’s popularity'.
Carnation is good at games, is a Guide and has a 'naturally sweet nature', but she makes one great enemy in her form...But Carnation is not just a carefree schoolgirl; she has her Father's illness to contend with and Ruth Jolly has written an introduction on EBD children who devote themselves to looking after relatives.
The original edition of Carnation was published by Girl's Own Paper / RTS in 1934. This edition is very difficult to find, but in 1958 Carnation came out under the Lutterworth Press imprint. For some reason the Lutterworth book was very heavily abridged and so if you have this edition you literally have half the story!
From the original bookjacket:
Carnation was an unusual girl – as strange as her name some of her schoolfellows thought at first. It was quite a new experience for her to go to school, her early life having been spent in wide travels, but her efficiency at games, her enthusiasm with the Guides, and her naturally sweet nature, soon made her a favourite at Shapcott. Like many other popular girls, she made one great enemy in her form, and this girl’s trickery against Carnation makes exciting reading.
