![]() ![]() ![]() At half-term, when Darrell's mother cannot find Sally, Darrell confronts Sally and pushes her to the floor in one of her violent rages. Darrell does so, and Sally argues that she has no sister. Whilst this school turmoil is happening, Darrell's mother writes to her, asking her to congratulate Sally about the birth of her little sister. Then when Gwendoline nearly drowns little Mary-Lou in the swimming-pool, Darrell slaps her and almost falls foul with the rest of her form. This first term for Darrell is a hard one, for she first learns that if she joins in with Alicia's tricks in class she becomes behind in her work. This does not deter Darrell from making friends with the mischievous Alicia Johns and Betty Hill, her clever friend. The other new girl, Sally Hope, is unusually quiet and hardly speaks to anyone, and never talks about her home. There is Gwendoline Lacey, a spoiled only child who has never been to school before and only ever had a governess. When she boards the school train, she notices that the two other new girls in her form and house are not easy to be friends with. ![]() Twelve-year-old Darrell Rivers is about to go to boarding school for the first time, and her new school is Malory Towers in Cornwall, which makes her even more excited. ![]()
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