St. Clares The First Year (Blyton, Enid Cox, Pamela)

a suitcase on her toes. ‘Pat! Que vous êtes . . .’ she began. And a whole chorus of girls finished her sentence for her . . . ‘ABOMINABLE!’ There was a shriek of laughter as they tried to get away from Mam’zelle’s large hands, dealing out friendly slaps all the way round. ‘Goodbye, Miss Roberts,’ said the twins. ‘Goodbye, Miss Roberts,’ said Bobby. ‘Goodbye, Miss Roberts,’ said all the other first formers one by one. ‘Goodbye, girls,’ said Miss Roberts. ‘Well – you won’t stand in awe of me any more next term! You’ll all be second formers, very important indeed – and I’ll be left behind with the first form! Dear me – to think how you all grow up!’ ‘They’ll long to be back with you, Miss Roberts!’ laughed Miss Jenks, who was nearby. ‘My goodness, they don’t know what a dragon they are coming to, next term. How I’ll make them work! What terrible punishments I shall have in store for them! How I shall see through all their tricks!’ The girls laughed. They liked Miss Jenks, and were looking forward to going up into her class. It would be fun. A new class and a new teacher – yes, they really would have fun! The first formers got into the coach that was waiting for them. Alison heaved herself up, and her hat went crooked and then fell off. The girls stared at her hair. ‘Alison! You’ve done your hair all funny again!’ cried Pat. ‘Piled it all on top as if you were twenty-one or something. You do look a freak! Honestly you do.’ Alison went red. She put her hat on again and turned defiantly to the twins. ‘Well, Sadie says . . .’ she began. And at once, in the greatest delight the whole coachful of girls took up the chorus they knew so well, and chanted it all the way down to the station. ‘Sadie says – Sadie says – what does Sadie say? Sadie says – oh, Sadie says – what does Sadie say?’ And there we will leave them, first formers for the last time, singing on their way home for the holidays. What will happen to them when they are important second formers? Ah – that is another story altogether!

St Clare’s The Twins at St Clare’s The O’Sullivan Twins Summer Term at St Clare’s Second Form at St Clare’s The Third Form at St Clare’s (by Pamela Cox) Kitty at St Clare’s (by Pamela Cox) Claudine at St Clare’s Fifth Formers of St Clare’s The Sixth Form at St Clare’s (by Pamela Cox) Malory Towers First Term at Malory Towers Second Form at Malory Towers Third Year at Malory Towers Upper Fourth at Malory Towers In the Fifth at Malory Towers Last Term at Malory Towers The Mysteries The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat The Mystery of the Secret Room The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters The Mystery of the Missing Necklace The Mystery of the Hidden House The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat The Mystery of the Invisible Thief The Mystery of the Vanished Prince

The Mystery of the Vanished Prince The Mystery of the Strange Bundle The Mystery of Holly Lane The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage The Mystery of the Missing Man The Mystery of the Strange Messages The Mystery of Banshee Towers