Tom Tackles the Chalet School by Elinor…

Tom Tackles the Chalet School (edition 2004)

by Elinor Brent-Dyer (Author)

Series: Chalet School hardback (chronologically 19b published out of order 31), Chalet School paperback (22)

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"Tom Gay intrigues the whole Chalet School. Educated by her father until the age of twelve, Tom is taught to behave like a "gentleman" at all times. Convinced that girls "do silly things" she finds it hard to settle down in the almost exclusively female atmosphere of the Chalet School. But as the term progresses and Tom finds herself helping to rescue an injured pupil from snow-covered mountains, she begins to change her mind!" --Publisher description.… (more)

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Tom, a tomboyish girl raised by her father on maths and classics, arrives at the Chalet School believing that most girls are sneaky and dishonourable.

As she settles down, she quickly makes friends and has to revise some of her ideas.

Not a bad book though rather obviously dated, nothing very exciting or out of the ordinary, other than a rather moving reunion with the Bettany family, after the parents and youngest children have been away for eight years in India.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Bruce, Katherine	Contributor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Cridland, Clarissa	Contributor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1955 (as a single volume)

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"And this," said Mrs. Gay briskly, "is Tom."

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First published by W. & R. Chambers in The Second Chalet Book for Girls (1948) and The Third Chalet Book for Girls (1949).

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"Tom Gay intrigues the whole Chalet School. Educated by her father until the age of twelve, Tom is taught to behave like a "gentleman" at all times. Convinced that girls "do silly things" she finds it hard to settle down in the almost exclusively female atmosphere of the Chalet School. But as the term progresses and Tom finds herself helping to rescue an injured pupil from snow-covered mountains, she begins to change her mind!" --Publisher description.

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Tom Gay is a new girl, whose father has raised and educated her more like a boy, and she intrigues the Chalet School with her brash and forthright manner. Her only previous sources on how girls behave have been her father and girls' magazines, and neither have given her a good impression. However, she soon becomes more involved in school life, less standoffish among the other pupils, and helps rescue another pupil after a mountain accident.

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