At School in Skye

Looking forward eagerly to the winter term at Dundonay House in Skye, Vania Chaundy and her friends were horrified to hear that Miss Rorison, their beloved headmistress, had been injured in a motoring accident and that her stepsister, Miss Gowan, headmistress of a more conventional school in Hampshire, would be taking charge for a while.

Miss Gowan was old fashioned and a disciplinarian, and she neither understood nor appreciated the sensible, free ways of Dundonay and imposed many restrictions. Vania was soon in revolt as a result. Rona Stewart of Alltshellagh, a spoilt new girl, was another complication - making for a term of incident and excitement.