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"Jo of the Chalet school" and her entertaining young family, along with several of the Chalet school stalwarts, spend a breezy holiday in the north-country moors. There are as usual, escapades and adventures, but the main story is concerned with Phoebe Wychcote, a delicate girl whose life is transformed by Jo's friendship. Zephyr Burthill, who enters the story as a worshipper of self, learns that other things do matter. The whole story displays Miss Brent Dyer's faculity for knitting show more character and incident into a thoroughly true - to - life story. show lessTags
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One of my absolute favourites of the Chalet School series; possibly because it doesn't, in fact, feature the Chalet School itself! In this story, Phoebe, who is confined to a wheelchair despite only being 23, is delighted when the holiday home nearby is occupied by four friends and a large number of small children.
One of the women is Jo Maynard, who recognises Phoebe's wistful loneliness. She befriends her and advises her in an ethical problem, as well as providing protection in various ways. Very light reading, but surprisingly moving in places. Definitely recommended to anyone who likes this kind of book, written in the middle of the 20th century for teenage girls.
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One of the women is Jo Maynard, who recognises Phoebe's wistful loneliness. She befriends her and advises her in an ethical problem, as well as providing protection in various ways. Very light reading, but surprisingly moving in places. Definitely recommended to anyone who likes this kind of book, written in the middle of the 20th century for teenage girls.
Latest longer review here: show more target="_top">https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2022/12/jo-to-rescue-by-elinor-m-brent-dyer... show less
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- Canonical title
- Jo to the Rescue
- Original publication date
- 1945
- People/Characters
- Joey Maynard (née Bettany); Phoebe Wychcote; Reg Entwistle; Nicholas Wychcote; Debby Harker; Simone Lecoutier de Bersac (show all 27); Therese Elise "Tessa" de Bersac; Sybil Margaret Russell; Mary Helena "Len" Maynard; Mary Constance "Connie" Maynard; Mary Margaret "Margot" Maynard; Louis Von Ahlen; Stephen Maynard; Frieda Mensch von Ahlen; Wolferl Wertheim; Gerard von Ahlen; Marie von Eschenau von und zu Wertheim; J. George Burthill; Zephyr Burthill; Jack Maynard; Sir James "Jem" Russell; Rufus; Mrs Hart; Madge Bettany Russell; Josefa von Ahlen; Cecilia Marya "Robin" Humphries; Frank Peters
- Dedication
- For the prefects of the Margaret Roper School Joan, Mary, Doreen, Judith, Monica, Vera, Phyllis with love from their Head Mistress
- First words
- The lattice window, already ajar, was pushed wide open, and a shock head was thrust through.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'But I know I'm right, from beginning to end - even if she lives to be a hundred Jo will be a rescuer. She couldn't help it - that is just Jo.'
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- ASINs
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