The O'Sullivan twins are forced to go to a non-elitist boarding school against their wishes. Hoping if they are awful enough their parents won't send them back, they are insufferable. But St. Claire's gets under their skin and they can't keep their natural spirits from peeking through.

Children's

This series was a childhood favourite, and I'm glad to have the chance to revisit them; Blyton's characters hold up well, and the scrapes the girls get into are believable and touching. I noticed the moralising more now than I did when I was a child, but the lessons aren't bad ones, and Mam'zelle Abominable can still make me laugh! ( )

A wonderful introduction to the initially-obnoxious twins Pat and Isabel who, having been spoiled at their previous school, are determined not to enjoy St Clare's. The school and their schoolmates soon win them round.