Tom Tackles the Chalet School
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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.Tags
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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.
Latest full review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2023/01/tom-tackles-chalet-school-by-elinor...
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.
Latest full review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2023/01/tom-tackles-chalet-school-by-elinor...
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- Original publication date
- 1955 (as a single volume) (as a single volume)
- First words
- "And this," said Mrs. Gay briskly, "is Tom."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And Tom Gay remains a gentleman to the last!"
- Disambiguation notice
- 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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