Title: Susan in the Sixth
Author: Margaret Biggs
Publisher: Girls Gone By
Date: 2007
Pages: 153
Format: Paperback
Series: Melling series, number 7
Description
Gay, adorable Susan Blake is quite sure that she will be head girl for the coming year at Melling School. After all, who else is there? But Melling’s gentle headmistress chooses Susan’s best friend, Laura Lacey, who then finds her friendship with Susan in danger, for Susan is disappointed and resentful.
The pupils of this pleasant school are all weekly boarders however, and for a time the wedding of Susan’s sister, Helen, puts all else in the background; for Helen, whom everyone loves, is marrying Laura’s brother, Matthew. But, at school, Susan finds that she is not even a success as a prefect, while timid Laura, whom she has guided and protected through the years, grows confident and independent, gradually winning the respect of even the cheekiest junior. Poor Susan knows just how fond of Laura she really is, but pride and misunderstandings stand in the way of reconciliation until, with the discovery of a forgotten letter, Laura breaks down the barrier and the two are friends once more.
In this engaging sequel, readers of the previous books about Melling by Margaret Biggs will meet again the lovable Blake and Lacey families, and their entertaining friends.
This new edition from Girl’s Gone By includes a foreword by Margaret Biggs and the full publishing history of the story.
