tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6526284596490928377..comments2024-03-18T17:05:21.126+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Top Five School Stories - Keren DavidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4241901496160943742010-07-02T17:26:03.977+01:002010-07-02T17:26:03.977+01:00Jennings! yes! I used to laugh so hard I cried.Jennings! yes! I used to laugh so hard I cried.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60418884771520334622010-07-01T10:30:45.002+01:002010-07-01T10:30:45.002+01:00My favourite book is a school story - The Moth Dia...My favourite book is a school story - The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein. Fabulously gothic and and awesome insght into female adolescence. Girls' boarding school, dissonant setting and time period, and the question as to whether one girl is or isn't a vampire - but forget Twilight: this is stunning, deep, dark, ironic and simply brilliant. <br /><br />On a different note entirely, I loved the Jennings books!Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15194913227874695982010-07-01T09:17:20.485+01:002010-07-01T09:17:20.485+01:00No Masha for me either--what a shame. It is obvio...No Masha for me either--what a shame. It is obviously a candidate for a reprint, as it sounds wonderful. Yes--the Chalet school. I am ashamed to say that my entire working knowledge of German comes from those books!Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-35682732414802423232010-07-01T09:03:56.450+01:002010-07-01T09:03:56.450+01:00I too loved Malory Towers, St. Clare's,(althou...I too loved Malory Towers, St. Clare's,(although I'm not sure if I'll ever revisit them) Antonia Forest's books, Lark in the Morn etc - I have very fond memories of them all. One that I absolutely loved when I was young was Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess with the wonderful Sara and the terrible Headmistress, Miss Minchin! Masha escaped me, but how to get hold of a copy now...Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4512361383514012692010-06-30T22:52:37.588+01:002010-06-30T22:52:37.588+01:00Definitely on my reading list Fiona - I think you&...Definitely on my reading list Fiona - I think you'll like Beswitched.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37903715354269811842010-06-30T21:53:20.042+01:002010-06-30T21:53:20.042+01:00I'd love to know what you think of my own Pink...I'd love to know what you think of my own Pink Chameleon now, Keren! Yet another boarding school setting – albeit scary future dystopian one. I'm with Elen on the Malory Towers but I would no doubt feel the same as you, Keren, if I were to re-read one now. I've got Beswitched by my bedside; hoping to get to it soon!fionadunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774780945853573692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7951845153813960502010-06-30T10:03:22.127+01:002010-06-30T10:03:22.127+01:00Ooh I remember the Chalet school - all those impro...Ooh I remember the Chalet school - all those improbably named girls Eustacia and Theodora, you didn't get many of them to a pound up north, back in the day!Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442269757463713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28562767344331275122010-06-30T10:01:32.760+01:002010-06-30T10:01:32.760+01:00Oh, I love The Lark in the Morn! AND Antonia Fore...Oh, I love The Lark in the Morn! AND Antonia Forest's books - in fact, I was just writing about her book "Peter's Room" on my own blog, www.steelthistles.blogspot.com - but now I want to read Masha too!<br /><br />But I would definitely add Rudyards Kipling's "Stalky and Co". <br /><br />Looking forward to the rest of the July Fives!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60952420531833721972010-06-30T09:23:26.701+01:002010-06-30T09:23:26.701+01:00Always prefered St Clare's (but loved them bot...Always prefered St Clare's (but loved them both). Then made the mistake of re-reading them as an adult. Very strange and slightly horrifying. Enid Blyton's The Naughtiest Girl in the School series was definitely in contention for championing democracy of a sort...and for its underlying creepiness.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42071809470113281582010-06-30T08:57:02.466+01:002010-06-30T08:57:02.466+01:00Wot no Malory Towers? For shame! I loved the natur...Wot no Malory Towers? For shame! I loved the natural swimming pool, filled daily by the retreating tide. <br />There was also a series about a tennis school? Or a girl learning tennis at school? I can't remember the details, but at ten years old I thought it was wonderful.Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76828036994179510292010-06-30T08:56:51.848+01:002010-06-30T08:56:51.848+01:00I also loved The Lark in the Morn and Charlotte S...I also loved The Lark in the Morn and Charlotte Sometimes - they didn't make the top five because I thought they weren't so much about school life as the others - but would recommend both. You made a very good buy in Masha - not only is it a wonderful book, but the way prices are going it'll probably be your pension.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77247629687043584202010-06-30T08:50:46.275+01:002010-06-30T08:50:46.275+01:00I love Rob Scotton's picture book series about...I love Rob Scotton's picture book series about Splat the Cat. The first day at school is wonderful and so is the reference (in another book in the series which is also set in school) to loving his female feline friend "more than fish-fingers and icecream"!<br />More grown up than that are Elfrida Vipont's "The Lark in the Morn" and Penelope Farmer's "Charlotte Sometimes" - oh and I have a copy of Masha, rescued from a library sale!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com