Melody Murray's Books

I'm not one of the rabid boarding school story fans, but I'm willing to follow favorite characters there. Susannah of the Mounties and of the Yukon has been hustled off to a boarding school in England, where she fits in as well as one might expect. She's Canadian, for Heaven's sake, and she questions things. The Boer War is on, and this book is notable in its vociferous anti-war sentiment.There's more than one jarring note, the worst of which is when the junior girls, led by Sue, decide to put on a "darkey minstrel show" complete with shoe polish makeup. I kept reminding myself that this book was written in the 30s by a woman born in the 1880s. Still, well worth a read. Sue's a plucky and winsome character whom I like very much. The fight for the right to wear taffeta petticoats during ground hockey games is delightful.