' Funny page-turning & addictivejust like Malory Towers for grown-ups'
- Sophie Kinsella Maggie went to the window & opened it wide inhaling the lovely ozoney air off the sea Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates & not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance? It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea Maggie the newest teacher at Downey House is determined to make her mark
- but will it be at the expense of her relationship with safe dependable Stan? Simone has won a scholarship & wants to make her parents proud Forced to share a room with the glossy pretty clever girls of Downey House she needs to find a friend fast Fliss is furious at being sent away from her home As Simone tries desperately to fit in Fliss tries desperately to get out Over the course of one year friendships will bloom & lives will be changed forever A brilliant boarding school book stuffed full of unforgettable characters thrilling adventures & angst
- Lisa Jewell