Alice-Miranda at school by Jacqueline Harvey
Random
House Australia, 2010. ISBN 9781741664515.
(Ages
8 and up) Highly recommended. Alice-Miranda Highton-Kennington-Jones
decides,
at the age of seven and one-quarter years, that it's time to go to
boarding
school. Her doting parents know there is no point trying to stop her,
so
tearfully drop her off at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for
Proper
Young Ladies. Alice-Miranda, who one would call precocious were she not
so
likeable, immediately makes her mark on the school to the horror of the
mysterious headmistress Miss Grimm, whom nobody has laid eyes on for
ten years.
Miss Grimm sets a series of seemingly impossible challenges for
Alice-Miranda
to face if she is to be allowed to remain at the school. With
determination and
endless optimism, Alice-Miranda sets out to prove she is just the sort
of
student Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale needs. Full of humour and with
very
likeable characters, this book sets a benchmark for a fantastic new
series about
this entertaining young lady.
Donella Reed