- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Children's; New edition edition (Aug 26 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0006945929
- ISBN-13: 978-0006945925
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,286,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
When Joey Bettany's sister Madge sets up a school in the Austrian Tyrol, Joey is among the first pupils. From its small beginnings it grows rapidly, enjoying all sorts of exciting adventures and mishaps. Joey, effectively an only child because Madge is twelve years her senior, is always ill during the English winter. Madge's solution to Joey's health problems is to start a school in the Austrian Tyrol. At first there are only a handful of pupils, but soon the numbers grow, with children coming from all over the world. Joey is always the central character, in this as in many of the other 60-odd books in the series. There are alarms and excursions in which she takes part with interest, wonderful descriptions of the spectacular local scenery, hilarious antics of one sort or another, and plenty of near disasters in the mountains. The School at the Chalet is the first book in an ever-popular series. It was first published in 1925 and has been in print ever since.
About the Author
Elinor Brent-Dyer was born in 1894 in South Shields on Tyneside. At the age of eighteen she began a career in teaching which culminated when she founded The Margaret Roper School in Hereford. She was headmistress at the school from 1938-1948, during which time she wrote and published 14 books. She continued to write up until her death in 1969.
Elinor Brent-Dyer wrote fifty-nine Chalet School titles, creating a well loved series with a legion of dedicated fans.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of Old Fasioned...,
By Angie (Concord, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The School at the Chalet (Paperback)
They said you had to be ages 4-8 to enjoy this book. In some ways I disagree. It is so old and involves such a different culture that really, a ten year old would find it "topping". This is the first in a series of many and it starts out pretty slow. My suggestion is too skim the first few pages unless you are completely interested in taking a tour of certain parts of Europe. Pretty soon, the story picks up and you can't help but love Joey though there really aren't any main characters. Some interesting and somewhat unpredictible things happen that are totally irrevolent. The main idea of the story is that this English girl decides to start a school in the Tiernees Mountains. Slowly the school poputlation grows and the usual amount of unusual accurences accur. It's a pretty good read, even if you are older than eight!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome to your first term at the Chalet School!,
By Megan R McConnell (CHERMSIDE SOUTH, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The School at the Chalet (Paperback)
With this book, we take our first steps into the world of the Chalet School - a series that eventually covered almost 30 years of the life of Jo Bettany. In this book, you will find why Madge started the School, and the difficulties Jo has with settling down to life in a school environment. Enrol in the Chalet School, and discover a forgotten world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome to your first term at the Chalet School!,
By Megan R McConnell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The School at the Chalet (Paperback)
With this book, we take our first steps into the world of the Chalet School - a series that eventually covered almost 30 years of the life of Jo Bettany. In this book, you will find why Madge started the School, and the difficulties Jo has with settling down to life in a school environment. Enrol in the Chalet School, and discover a forgotten world. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved this first book in the series, but this edition is abridged,
By Gen of North Coast Gardening - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The School at the Chalet (Paperback)
I read the abridged version of this book first, and was thoroughly charmed by the adventures of Joey and her sister as they begin a boarding school in the Alps. I love that you not only get the antics of a group of girls and the young women starting the school, but the adventure of travelling to a new country, and learning new languages and ways.The language flows beautifully, but is complex enough that I'd recommend it for ages 9 and up. I struggled a bit with it when I was nine, but gradually my reading ability caught up as I reread the books. They are complex and fun enough that I read them as an adult, for comfort reading. This book is unfortunately unabridged, but the abridgements are not noticeable to the reader if you don't know what you are missing, though they are frequent enough to warrant an unabridged copy (Girls Gone By Press has recently republished an unabridged edition) if you are a big fan. But this is absolutely an amazing book, and not to be missed on any account, even if you just get the abridged one. Truly a great start to the series and fine as a stand alone as well. 5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of Old Fasioned...,
By Angie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The School at the Chalet (Paperback)
They said you had to be ages 4-8 to enjoy this book. In some ways I disagree. It is so old and involves such a different culture that really, a ten year old would find it "topping". This is the first in a series of many and it starts out pretty slow. My suggestion is too skim the first few pages unless you are completely interested in taking a tour of certain parts of Europe. Pretty soon, the story picks up and you can't help but love Joey though there really aren't any main characters. Some interesting and somewhat unpredictible things happen that are totally irrevolent. The main idea of the story is that this English girl decides to start a school in the Tiernees Mountains. Slowly the school poputlation grows and the usual amount of unusual accurences accur. It's a pretty good read, even if you are older than eight!
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