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Away from home, friendship brings comfort, school rules invite mischief, and growing up becomes an adventure of its own.
In Caps and Capers, Gabrielle E. Jackson opens the door to a boarding school where girls live, study and play together. It is a small world with rules, rivalries and loyalties of its own. Away from their families, the girls find that friendship can bring both comfort and trouble.
High spirits give this gentle school story its spark, while growing up gives it heart. Beneath the mischief and quarrels lie questions of confidence, temper and the women these girls hope to become. The pleasure is in spending time among them, in an affectionate picture of school life shaped by the manners of its period.
What you’ll discover
- A world within school Enter a close community where shared routines, unwritten customs and loyalties shape daily life.
- Friendship at the heart Explore the warmth and trouble that come when girls share their days away from home.
- Room for high spirits Enjoy the playful tension between school rules and the urge to bend them.
- The work of growing up Look beneath the games and quarrels to questions of confidence and self-control.
- An old-fashioned school story Settle into a quiet pace and an affectionate view of girls' school life.
Who will love it
This book will please readers who love cosy school stories, warm friendships, harmless pranks and wise teachers, and anyone who enjoys a gentle tale of a lonely girl learning to trust and to give.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A father chooses a school and regrets it
- Sunny Bank has no rules at all
- Paper caps, secret feasts and a watchful Mrs. Stone
- Midnight sleepwalking and a runaway sleigh
- A letter, a mistake and a lesson in trust
- A girl learns to give and the fun continues
- What the story is really about and how it is told
Who’s who
- Toinette ReeveA rich, warm-hearted girl hurt by years of distrust at her old school, who longs for love and learns to trust at Sunny Bank.
- Clayton ReeveToinette's widowed father, a lawyer who stays abroad for years on business and then works to win back the daughter he has neglected.
- Miss PrestonThe wise, humorous principal of Sunny Bank, who guides her girls by trust and friendship instead of rules and punishments.
- Ruth GordonA merry, curious girl who loves mischief and welcomes Toinette with open arms.
- Edith OsgoodRuth's roommate, practical and loyal, who explains the unwritten ways of Sunny Bank.
- Cicely PowellToinette's roommate and friend from the Carter school, sharp-tongued but loyal, who joins her in every escapade.
- Helen BurgessA gentle, gifted art student from a modest family who dreams of seeing the great paintings of Europe.
- Mrs. StoneThe serious chemistry teacher who is sure no girl can deceive her and keeps trying to catch the girls at mischief.
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Caps et espiègleries
by Gabrielle E. Jackson · 1901
A lonely heiress finds a school with no rules, midnight feasts in paper caps and a headmistress who trusts her.
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Caps and Capers is a school story by Gabrielle E. Jackson, set in the early twentieth century and written for girls of about Toinette's age.
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A father chooses a school and regrets it
The story opens with Clayton Reeve, a lawyer of about thirty-five, alone in his library among piles of school catalogues. His wife has died, and he cannot bear to stay in the house they built together. Nursemaids and governesses have driven him close to despair, so he decides to place his small daughter in an ideal school and travel for a few months. His little girl, Toinette, climbs into his arms and calls him Papa Clayton, and he explains his plan to her.
The school he picks is run by the Misses Carter, and it proves a poor choice. They can teach from books and make rules, but they have no insight into a child's heart. The months he planned become nearly six years, because his law firm keeps sending him farther across the world. He writes to Toinette that he is glad she is happy, never guessing how much she longs for him.
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What is Caps and Capers about?
It follows Toinette Reeve, a lonely rich girl placed by her father in a warm boarding school called Sunny Bank. Through pranks, midnight feasts and a wise headmistress, she learns trust and kindness and finds a real home.
What does the Caps and Capers Club mean in the book?
It is the secret society Toinette and her friends form at Sunny Bank. Members wear paper caps and masks and meet at night for feasts. Miss Preston guesses the plan, then joins in with a tub of ice cream.
Who is Miss Preston in Caps and Capers?
Miss Preston is the principal of Sunny Bank. She runs the school without rules, using humour, trust and friendship. She guides girls gently, notices everything, and wins even suspicious pupils like Toinette.
The author
Gabrielle E. Jackson
American children's writer
Gabrielle Emilie Jackson (1861–1926) was an American author who wrote books for children and young readers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her books include Caps and Capers and Peggy Stewart at School. She published her work under the name Gabrielle E. Jackson.
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