Summer Term at St Clare's by Enid Blyton

Five new girls and a secret past at boarding school

The third book in Enid Blyton's St Clare's series brings a lively crop of new characters into Pat and Isabel's first-form class: mischievous prankster Bobby, studious young Pam, vain American heiress Sadie, sneaky tale-teller Prudence, and "wild" half-Spanish Carlotta, who's hiding a secret circus past. When Prudence discovers and reveals Carlotta's background out of spite, the class rallies around her rather than turning against her, and the term builds toward a dramatic kidnapping plot involving Sadie. Full of classic Blyton mischief, loyalty and comeuppance, it's a fun, fast-paced entry that rounds out the twins' first year at St Clare's.