Trials for the Chalet School

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer · 1959

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It is not the fact that Naomi Elton "has been left slightly deformed as a result of an accident some years before" that worries the staff at the Chalet School; it is more the warning note from her guardian that her disability "has warped her mind".

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After some discussion the mistresses decide they can do no better than to turn Naomi over to head girl Mary-Lou Trelawney for guidance.

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childrens
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medium · 218 pages

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