Author: Caroline German
Publisher: Girls Gone By
Date: 2006
Pages: 301
Format: Paperback 1st edition
Series: Chalet School “fill-in” story (set in the autumn term after Jo of the Chalet School and before Princess of the Chalet School)
Description
“I don’t care what you say – it’s not the same! I wish Gisela had never left!” declared Evadne, glowering around the big schoolroom.
When Juliet hears that she is to be the Chalet School’s second Head Girl, she is filled with dismay. How can she ever take Gisela’s place? Will the girls respect her? Will she justify Madame’s faith in her? And the girls themselves do nothing to boost her confidence, but set out to challenge her at every turn.
How Juliet rises to the challenge, learning by her mistakes and gradually coming to realise that, as Madame put it at the outset, “My dear girl, we don’t want another Gisela – we want you!’, is told in this delightful book by Caroline German, which takes place in the autumn term before The Princess of the Chalet School.
Caroline has successfully recreated the genuine Chalet atmosphere – you can almost smell the coffee and taste the cream cakes – and her story has all the ingredients we associate with Elinor M. Brent-Dyer at her best: wicked middles, a bumptious prefect, a new mistress with much to learn … and two new girls who have something to hide.
