The Chalet School at War

Originally 'The Chalet School Goes To It', this was re-titled 'The Chalet School at War' by the Armada abridged series. I have a hardback version of the original. It follows 'The Chalet School in Exile'. War is becoming an everyday reality, and the school staff decide that it would be safest to move the school, yet again, from Guernsey to Armiford in the West of England. Out of the blue the perfect building is offered to them, along with Gwensi, a rather angry child who does not in the least want her lovely home taken over by noisy schoolgirls.

Not as moving or powerful as one or two of the other books written around this time, this is still a solid, mostly interesting account of everyday school life under often stressful conditions. show more It's a nice piece of low-key social history, too, observing blackouts and 'digging for victory' while, mostly, safe from the worst horrors of the war.

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Less complex than The Chalet School in Exile, and seemed to be aimed at a slightly younger audience. I suspect it was written in a hurry. It was okay, but nothing special.