Best of
School-Stories

1953

Simon


Rosemary Sutcliff - 1953
    But when the Civi War between the two parties broke out, and two years later they were old enough to take part in it, they found themselves fighting for different sides.This story tells of the last stages of the Civil War waged in the west country; and the account of the part played by Simon in the fighting makes exciting reading. Several times in the course of it he encounters Amias ; and these meetings leave him torn by conflicting loyalties. Finally the day comes when he is forced to put the strength of the friendship to the test, weighing it against his loyalty to the Parliamentarian cause.Rosemary Sutcliffe has written a compelling and unbiased story of the troubled times of the civil war, describing vividly and accurately the final campaign in the west and sharing the life and thoughts and feelings of some of the people who became involved in it."Here is an author who writes with great distinction...Simon is a book that I recommend with all my heart" - Noel Streatfield

Three Go to Switzerland


Mabel Esther Allan - 1953
    After the death of their father, sisters Charlotte, Hanni, and Trudi, brought up in England but half-Swiss, go to visit their relatives in Switzerland with their mother, with the possibility of settling there permanently.

The Wonderful Birthday


Freda Mary Hurt - 1953
    

Midge Bennett of Duncan Hall


Marjorie B. Paradis - 1953
    Her sister Adele is attending Conway College nearby. Midge enters in her sophomore year which makes it difficult for her, because all the other girls in her class already know each other well.

Brother Dusty-Feet


Rosemary Sutcliff - 1953
    In Elizabethan England, eleven-year-old Hugh Copplestone runs away from the home of his cruel aunt to seek his fortune in the company of strolling players who travel throughout the countryside.