Enid Blyton is one of the world’s most famous authors. She wrote over a 100 novels, ranging from mystery to adventure. One of her most popular series are; her boarding school books, Malory Towers, St Clare’s and The Naughtiest Girl at School. These books were based on her own childhood.

Although boarding schools today are very different, it is interesting to see what they were like when Enid Blyton was a girl.

In the entire series of Malory Towers, there are six books, focussing on one class of girls as they go from first form to sixth form. Throughout the series Blyton focusses on an independent, hard working girl named Darrel Rivers. Darrell is at the start of all the stories and starts her new school at the age of twelve.

In the first stories, you see the majestic school for the first time, hilarious pranks and difficult situations develop. I particularly enjoyed the fifth form stories because the girls are putting on a fabulous pantomime with the story of Cinderella.

There is much hustle and bustle with Moira and Alicia, but somehow the girls made it all work with the audience rocking with laughter.

Overall, I would rate this series a perfect 5 star rating because I loved every bit of the stories and didn’t want them to end.

Eve

Eve’s rating: *****