Unfortunately they are greeted with a mixed reception and Susan soon finds herself in hot water with mistresses, prefects and the Head Girl... not the best start to term!

    Margaret's, decides to re-arrange her gymnasium and sports classes in order of size with the smallest at the end, she does not realize what repercussions this would have in the school. Angela Daventry, the outgoing but until now irresponsible, leader of the Third Form and several of her friends who are a little small for their age, suddenly found themselves at a disadvantage, and form a league to help one another to "fame" and to prove that the smallest are not necessarily of the least consequence. How well they succeed comes as a surprise not only to everyone else at St. Margaret's but also to "The League of the Smallest" themselves.