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A review by celiaedf12
The Chalet School and the Lintons by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
3.0
Joyce and Gillian Linton move from England to attend the Chalet School in the 10th book of the series, as their ill mother must go to the sanatorium. (I read this in paperback, in which it is split into two books, this and A Rebel of the Chalet School.
Joyce is pretty and lazy, and encourages the girls into terribly evil things (like midnight feasts) with Thekla, the villian introduced in the last book.
Cooking lessons are intoduced in this book, as the staff decide they want the girls to be "homemakers" as well as cultured. So we have a few mix-ups in the kitchen, creating garlic apple pies.
When Joyce is threatened with expulsion, Joey has a heart-to-heart with her and encourages her to reform. Thekla makes this difficult, and the Linton's mother has a set back, requiring Joey to save the day.
This isn't one of my favourite books - Joey continues to go on and on about it being her last year at school and she doesn't want to grow up, and so on. And Joyce and Gillian don't particularly interest me as characters.
Joyce is pretty and lazy, and encourages the girls into terribly evil things (like midnight feasts) with Thekla, the villian introduced in the last book.
Cooking lessons are intoduced in this book, as the staff decide they want the girls to be "homemakers" as well as cultured. So we have a few mix-ups in the kitchen, creating garlic apple pies.
When Joyce is threatened with expulsion, Joey has a heart-to-heart with her and encourages her to reform. Thekla makes this difficult, and the Linton's mother has a set back, requiring Joey to save the day.
This isn't one of my favourite books - Joey continues to go on and on about it being her last year at school and she doesn't want to grow up, and so on. And Joyce and Gillian don't particularly interest me as characters.