Published: 2006
'I don't care what you say-it's not the same ! I sure wish Gisela had never left!' declared Evadne, glowering around the big schoolroom.
When Juliet hears that she is to be the Chalet School 's second Head Girl, she is filled with dismay. How can she ever take Gisela's place? Will the girls respect her? Will she justify Madame's faith in her? And the girls themselves do nothing to boost her confidence, but set out to challenge her at every turn.
How Juliet rises to that challenge, learning by her mistakes and gradually coming to recognise that, as Madame put it at the outset, 'My dear girl, we don't want another Gisela-we want you!', is told in this delightful new book by Caroline German, set in the autumn term before The Princess of the Chalet School.
Caroline has successfully recreated the genuine Chalet atmosphere-you can almost smell the coffee and taste the soup-and her story has all the ingredients we associate with EBD at her best: wicked middles, a bumptious prefect, a new mistress with much to learn-and two new girls who have something to hide.
Caroline German is the author of the highly acclaimed The Chalet School and Robin (now out of print).
Reviews
- Thank you for my copy of Juliet and the Chalet School which I received yesterday. It's been put away for Christmas, but I managed to sneak a quick look first. The cover is absolutely gorgeous - both the illustration and typeface look really authentic and I think it's the nicest-looking book yet.
- I am also very impressed with the amount of background information at the end of the book. It's easy to think that a book set near the beginning of the series requires less research and comparison with other books to get the facts right - however, I quickly realised that this is not the case! I am fascinated by all the different topics that Caroline mentions and how they fit into the story and I can't wait to read the book. Roll on Christmas!!
- Katharine Childs