You've read Enid Blyton, right? And I'm the numpty suggesting it (again, I just realised :D). :D She wrote a fair few, as I'm sure you know. (The Naughtiest Girl in the School is well worth a read, if ony to laugh over what Blyton thought was a 'progressive' school. As a boarding school kid, I laughed and laughed and laughed over them. Somewhat bitterly, actually. ^_^)
Also, if you've read Noel Streatfeild's 'Ballet Shoes', that's part of a whole series of 'Shoe' stories - White Boots, Tennis Shoes, Circus Shoes, Dancing Shoes and Theatre Shoes (which is actually almost a sequel to Ballet Shoes, in that it's different kids, but they go to the same stage school and Pauline, Petrova and Posy play a large (though off-page) roll).
It's not quite boarding school, but if you can get your hands on any of the Jill's Gymkhana books, they kind of gently mock boarding school books of the era and they're a lot of fun! Aw, man, this is like my childhood, right there. Lovely. :DDD (Er, sorry if my suggestions are ones you know about and have read and you're there going "OF COURSE I HAVE READ THESE!!")
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Date: 2010-08-29 09:18 am (UTC)Also, if you've read Noel Streatfeild's 'Ballet Shoes', that's part of a whole series of 'Shoe' stories - White Boots, Tennis Shoes, Circus Shoes, Dancing Shoes and Theatre Shoes (which is actually almost a sequel to Ballet Shoes, in that it's different kids, but they go to the same stage school and Pauline, Petrova and Posy play a large (though off-page) roll).
It's not quite boarding school, but if you can get your hands on any of the Jill's Gymkhana books, they kind of gently mock boarding school books of the era and they're a lot of fun! Aw, man, this is like my childhood, right there. Lovely. :DDD (Er, sorry if my suggestions are ones you know about and have read and you're there going "OF COURSE I HAVE READ THESE!!")