Welcome to the School by the Sea: The First School by the Sea Novel
(Book #1 in the Maggie Adair Series)
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Book Overview
The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boarding school on the sea. Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely salt air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance? It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark. She's delighted by her new teaching job, but will it come at the expense of her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend Stan? Simone is excited and nervous: she's won a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, posh girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast. Fliss is furious. She's never wanted to go to boarding school and hates being sent away from her home. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. Over the course of one year, friendships will bloom and lives will be changed forever. Life at the Little School by the Sea is never dull...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:006314171X
ISBN13:9780063141711
Release Date:March 2022
Publisher:Avon Books
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.54 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Blyton meets chick lit!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
One of the reviews printed on the cover of this book describes it as 'Malory Towers for grown-ups' which really sums up the appeal of this book for me. I was a huge fan of Enid Blyton's (and other writers) boarding school books growing up so was thrilled to discover this book which is set in a boarding school very reminiscent of Enid Blyton's St Clares or Malory Towers but in the present day. The other main difference is that the story is told from the point of view of characters such as the scholarship student, Simone, and a teacher, Maggie, who comes from a housing estate in Glasgow. In this way, the novel is able to explore a lot of the class issues that are only really hinted out in Blyton's novels for children. It is also a very entertaining read with the usual boarding school hi-jinks as well as romance, clashes and secrets uncovered (including a secret in the Principal's past). It is apparently intended as the first in a series and I, for one, can't wait for the next installment.
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