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Trama e riassunto di Berretti e birichinate
A chi è rivolto
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.
Che cos’è questo libro
Imagine a school where a pupil says there are no rules at all. Caps and Capers, a school story by Gabrielle E. Jackson, follows one winter and spring at Sunny Bank in Montcliff. Its heart is Toinette Reeve, a rich and lonely girl of nearly fourteen, left for six years in a cold school by her widowed father. Now she must learn that adults can be friends. Along the way come midnight feasts in paper caps, a sleepwalking performance, a runaway sleigh and a camera mishap.
In questo riassunto
- 1A father chooses a school and regrets itFree
- 2Sunny Bank has no rules at all
- 3Paper caps, secret feasts and a watchful Mrs. Stone
- 4Midnight sleepwalking and a runaway sleigh
- 5A letter, a mistake and a lesson in trust
- 6A girl learns to give and the fun continues
- 7What the story is really about and how it is told
Punto chiave 1 di 7
A father chooses a school and regrets it
Clayton Reeve, a lawyer, sits alone among school catalogues. His wife has died, and he cannot bear their house. He decides to place his small daughter Toinette in an ideal school and travel for a few months.
The school run by the Misses Carter is a poor choice. They teach from books but have no insight into a child's heart. The months become nearly six years, and Toinette learns that money excuses faults.
On a December Saturday she sits sad in the garden summerhouse, watching the road. A bearded, sunburned man strides toward the school. She knows his voice before his face and runs to him crying for Papa.
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Questions about Berretti e birichinate
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.
Is Caps and Capers a true story?
The author says she saw many of the pranks herself and tells the school life as she remembered it, with a warm, humorous voice.
Is Caps and Capers easy to read?
Short chapters, lively dialogue and funny scenes make it easy to follow. The story has many small adventures, such as a sleigh ride or a sleepwalking joke, so it reads in comfortable pieces.