Product Description

School life has never been so splendid as in these brand-new editions of the classic Blyton series, "St Clare's". The O'Sullivan twins are head girls! And two heads are better than one, with the new girls they have to sort out...There's two cheeky first formers - more twins! - and a sulky new girl in the sixth form, Morag. Morag detests St Clare's. She's only happy when she can escape to the local riding stables. The twins are sad it's their last year at St Clare's. Before they leave, will they find out what's wrong with Morag?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17148 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Terrible
I loved these books as a kid. I always wanted to go to boarding school. I always wondered why Enid Blyton never wrote a book about the sixth form and how the twins did as co-head girls. Now I know. The episodes that made the other books funny really aren't funny in young ladies. And Pamela Cox must have been in a rush to get this book written. So many things are lifted straight from earlier books. When some younger girls planned a midnight feast and found the disliked girl of the form planned to spoil it, one of the twins suggested the exact solution used earlier. (Hold the feast a night earlier.) As head girls, shouldn't they be trying to discourage this?

When a new student in the sixth form decided she hated St. Clare's and wanted to leave, she pulled the old "do poorly and get expelled" card. I'm not terribly familiar with the British schooling system then or now (I'm American) but I'm guessing these girls are around 17 years old and way too old for a stunt like that. A 17 year old should be able to stick out anything for a year.

I could have told them the Agony Aunties were a mistake. I can't believe Miss Roberts would suggest something like that. Not only is counseling not the other students' job, but she knows better than anyone that every class has at least one blabbermouth. Some carefully selected peer mentors would have been a better idea. The best idea would have been to hire another adult.

The vanishing twin act was ridiculous as well. They started that on the train. If only one checked in with Miss Roberts, she would have wondered about the other one and called home. If they both checked in, but took turns showing up in class, the teacher would have noted that in the attendance record.

And what was with the fishing-line trick on Mam'zelle? Even if she couldn't see the fishing line strung across the classroom, most teachers walk around and I kept thinking she was going to walk into it. Now that might have been funny! But as I said earlier, these girls are too old for things like that. And no one comes up with pranks as clever as Mrs. Blyton did. I wonder what she was like as a student?

I have to agree with another reviewer on the modernizing. For years the girls have gone to the san. or sanitarium and now they're going to the sickbay. That annoyed me more than the netball instead of lacrosse.
Cox's previous two books weren't too bad. She should have stopped th
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An abysmal ghost write
The author thinks that anyone who has read St Clares might be thrown by the fact that the books where written in and set in the 40s - so she feels the need to lets say, modern up the feel of this abysmal ghost write. The girls don't play Lacrosse anymore, no no, they now play Netball, (if the author even knows what that is as she thinks it has a goal keeper) - because anyone who has read or is going to read the other books in the series may be confused by the fact that the school teaches Lacrosse. The characters where unbelieveably one sided and one dimensional and on a purely personal level as someone who can't stand Pat & Isabel- it made my toes and hair curl just to read the constant slush about what wonderful head girls they made ("thank heavens for those O'Sullivan Twins!" and other such pap).
The use of modern language didnt help and I half expected to read, "What are you going to do if she gets up in your face?" or to see Heat magazine in Alison's study or hear that Posh Spice was going to be a guest speaker.
I am glad that the twins, Dora & Daphne, who come across as spiteful, stupid and irritating are a creation of Pamela Cox and not Enid Blyton.
Cashing in at the worst level.

Complete Vomit
The author thinks that anyone who has read St Clares might be thrown by the fact that the books where written in and set in the 40s - so she feels the need to lets say, modern up the feel of this abysmal ghost write. The girls don't play Lacrosse anymore, no no, they now play Netball - because anyone who has read or is going to read the other books in the series may be confused by this. The characters where unbelieveably one sided and one dimensional and on a purely personal level as someone who can't stand Pat & Isabelle anyway - it made my toes and hair curl just to read the constant slush about what wonderful head girls they made. The use of modern language didnt help and I half expected to read, "What are you going to do if they get up in your grill?"
Cashing in at the worst level.