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What happens when a headstrong American girl meets the rules and rivalries of an English boarding school?
In A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl, Angela Brazil follows a spirited girl into a world of shared dormitories, classrooms and timetables. She brings a frank, unruly nature to a place where everyone lives by the same rules. Her misadventures turn school life into a lively test of how to get along with others.
Friendship and rivalry give this small world its drama. A new bond can brighten a lonely term; a quarrel can make familiar rooms feel less welcoming. Brazil keeps the story light with cheerful talk, brisk action and gentle humour. Alongside the fun comes a warm picture of girls learning, playing and growing up together.
What you’ll discover
- A heroine with spirit Meet a lively, headstrong girl whose frankness and unruly energy give school life its spark.
- A world within walls Step into shared dormitories and classrooms, where daily routines bring girls into close company.
- Friendships that matter Follow the bonds and rivalries that make a school term feel full of possibility.
- Humour without harshness Enjoy cheerful conversation, brisk action and gentle comedy rather than lessons delivered as sermons.
- Girls growing up together Explore an early twentieth century school world through its friendships, rules, play and shared experiences.
Who will love it
This book will delight you if you enjoy boarding school tales, midnight pranks, loyal friendships, old houses with hidden corners, and a warm, funny heroine who acts first and thinks afterward.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A New Head Changes the Abbey
- The Pixie Girl Fools Everyone
- Loveday and the Lost Abbey
- Rushes, Boots and a Brave Crossing
- A Goodbye Worth Breaking Rules For
- Peace Day, a Moor and a Vicarage
- Ghosts, Jealousy and Two Hard Choices
Who’s who
- Diana HewlittA lively, theatrical fourteen-year-old American who loves old places, ponies and pranks, and wants fun, adventure and to be liked.
- Loveday SetonA shy, beautiful senior whose family once owned the Abbey, who longs for independence and searches the house for a lost secret.
- Wendy CranstonDiana's cheerful partner in mischief, an intermediate who loves a prank and often catches the cold afterward.
- Miss ToddThe new headmistress, firm and fair, full of modern educational ideas, who sticks to her word and wants her girls to grow.
- GeraldineThe proud head girl, strict about rules and ghosts, who often clashes with Diana but is quietly fair.
- Mrs. FlemingThe kind vicar's wife, who has given up her own music for her children and welcomes Diana for Christmas.
- Lenox CliffordDiana's soldier cousin, who taught her to ride and wants to see the English home of his family.
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Ein übermütiges Schulmädchen
by Angela Brazil · 1919
A pixie of an American girl lands at a Lake District abbey school and sets out to stir up every rule it has.
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What happens when a girl who can turn herself into a village idiot in ten seconds is dropped into a quiet English boarding school? In A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl, Diana Hewlitt, a fourteen-year-old American, arrives at Pendlemere Abbey as the school adjusts to losing its beloved head.
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A New Head Changes the Abbey
The story opens on the first day of the autumn term. Five girls squeeze into a wheelbarrow in the garden and grumble. Their popular headmistress, Mrs. Gifford, has left in a rush for Burma to join her husband. She leaves the school to her second mistress, Miss Todd.
The girls call her Toddlekins and expect changes. They are right. Miss Todd is tall and calm, and she is full of modern ideas that Mrs. Gifford always held back. She walks round the school like an admiral inspecting a battleship.
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Brazil, Angela. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-harum-scarum-schoolgirl.
Brazil, A. (2026). A harum-scarum schoolgirl. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-harum-scarum-schoolgirl (Original work published 1919)
Brazil, Angela. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-harum-scarum-schoolgirl.
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What is A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl about?
It follows Diana Hewlitt, a spirited American girl sent to an English boarding school in the Lake District, through a year of pranks, punishments, friendships and adventures spanning the armistice and its aftermath.
Who is Loveday Seton in the book?
Loveday is a shy, beautiful senior who shares the ivy room with Diana. Her family once owned Pendlemere Abbey, and she secretly searches the house for a hidden discovery she once heard about.
Who is Miss Todd?
Miss Todd is the new headmistress who takes over when Mrs. Gifford leaves for Burma. She is firm, fair and fond of modern experiments such as farming lessons, shared rooms and country walks.
The author
Angela Brazil
1868–1947 · English children's writer
Angela Brazil (1868–1947) was an English children’s writer born in Preston, Lancashire. She wrote mainly stories about girls at boarding schools. Her books began appearing in 1904 and included The Nicest Girl in the School and The Youngest Girl in the Fifth. She lived in Coventry from 1911 until her death.
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