Malory Towers Collection 2 - Enid Blyton

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Title: Malory Towers Collection 2 (Malory Towers #4-6)
Author: Enid Blyton
Genre: Childrens, classic
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~15hrs
Date read: August 2003, October 2022

Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
The girls are in a higher form now. This year there is the tension of exams for the first time, but there is all the fun of the summer term as well - and the high spirits of a lively and imaginative form of girls.

In the Fifth at Malory Towers
Games, lessons, quarrels and tricks all form part of a lively term, but the biggest event of all is the Fifth Form pantomime, written, acted and produced entirely by the girls. It generates a lot of fun, but also a surprising amount of trouble.

Last Term at Malory Towers
Darrell becomes head girl. Unfortunately not all the girls are as responsible as she is and in her last term Darrell sees many changes in her old school friends.


I did have a number of issues with all three books in this collection - all of them symptoms of the time and genre these books were written in. The quasi-bullying I mentioned in the first collection is apparent here as well, as was the snobbery and arrogance of some of the kids.

But putting that aside, I still really enjoyed the books. I love reading about boarding schools, and Enid Blyton does know how to write ridiculously charming books that are fun to read for children and grown-ups both.