Contents: 1. The school story in context -- 2. The writer's world -- 3. The schoolgirl code -- 4. Heroines -- 5. Bosom friends -- 6. The crush -- 7. Training to be wives and mothers
Summary
Examines the work of four authors: Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer and Enid Blyton
