Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1950
Publisher
Hutchinson & Co
Description
Left an orphan after a sheltered life, Verity is sent by her aunt to a co-educational school in Wales where her cousin, Daffila, is already a pupil. Verity dislikes her cousin and hates the Welsh mountains but she makes friends with Gwenllian, a mysterious girl who is miserable because she is not allowed to do any climbing. During a terrible blizzard and flood it becomes necessary for someone to cross the mountains for a doctor.