Malory Towers New Class at Malory Towers

Enid Blyton, Narinder Dhami, Patrice Lawrence, Lucy Mangan, Rebecca Westcott Smith — 2019

It's time to welcome new girls to Malory Towers, the famous boarding school by the sea, in four brand-new stories by outstanding authors, set in Enid Blyton's much-loved school. YA and Waterstones Book Prize-winner Patrice Lawrence introduces us to proud Marietta with her magnificent head of braided hair. A dormitory argument reveals something unusual about Marietta, and something equally unexpected about Alicia. In Guardian and Stylist columnist Lucy Mangan's story, student librarian Evelyn is wary of her lively, lacrosse-playing classmates. When one of them becomes a regular visitor to the hushed domain of the library, can Evelyn really trust her? Sunita Sharma joins Malory Towers surrounded by a sense of mystery, in Narinder Dhami's fabulous story. But is Sunita really as glamorous as Gwendoline imagines? In Rebecca Westcott's heartwarming story, Darrell and friends fear the worst when spoilt Gwendoline's cousin joins the school. But Maggie is very different from her stuck-up relative . . .

Reviews

melanie @melanie4665

May 17, 2023

i want to go to a boarding school so bad 😭

Rachel Evans@rjev1906

Nov 3, 2022

(3.25/5) 1 hour 24 minutes - Very hard to rate and review a book I read multiple times as a child, but an enjoyable read if only because of the nostalgia it brings. It is strange to read it now and compare it to how I viewed it as a child. Darrell, the main character, is a lot less perfect than I remember.The writing is engaging, if a little strange, but it was written for the children of the 1940s so that's to be expected.

Adrianna Giunta@adriannaslibrary

Nov 16, 2021

I loved this reread just as much as the first time I read it as a child. I used to have the whole series on cassette tape as well and couldn’t fall asleep without it on for a long time! The only problem was I would have to get out of bed to switch the tape over so I didn’t really sleep until the last half of each book 😂 The one thing I like about Malory towers (from what I remember of the whole series) is that it still holds up now. No homophobia or racism etc. Just a good old fashioned boarding school story. The girls were really mean in this first book though which I’d forgotten about. I think most characters grew a lot in this first book and I know there’s more growth to come!