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What makes a girl truly nice when friendship, loyalty and growing up put kindness to the test?
In The Nicest Girl in the School, Angela Brazil brings you into the close world of boarding school. Girls live, eat, study and play together, far from their families. Friendship sits at the centre of this shared life, where learning to understand other people matters as much as learning lessons.
Growing up here means more than good manners. It means managing a temper, taking responsibility and seeing someone else more fairly. This gentle school story invites you to consider what kindness really asks of a person, and how loyalty and courage belong beside it.
What you’ll discover
- A world shared daily Enter a boarding school where living and learning together brings friendship into everyday life.
- Friendship at the centre Spend time with schoolgirls whose close bonds make loyalty more than a pleasant word.
- The question of kindness Look beyond good manners to consider the courage and care that being nice may require.
- The work of growing up Explore the sometimes painful task of taking responsibility and learning to judge others more fairly.
- An old-fashioned school story Discover Angela Brazil's warm approach to girls' school life, with friendship at its heart.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy boarding school tales, warm friendships, hockey fields, and quiet tests of honesty will feel at home here, as will anyone who likes gentle stories about kindness winning people over.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A family daughter leaves for school
- Alone in a crowd of girls
- A note passed in an exam
- Autograph albums and an honesty pledge
- A Christmas away from home
- A crib in the classroom
- Enid at war with Miss Rowe
- What the story is really about
- How the story is told
Who’s who
- Patty HirstA cheerful, steady doctor's daughter of thirteen who wants to be a true friend to her cousin and to do well at her new school.
- Muriel PearsonPatty's pretty, vain cousin, who is proud of her family's wealth and wants to keep her school life separate from Patty.
- Enid WalkerA merry, headstrong girl who loves jokes and justice, takes Patty under her wing, and clashes constantly with Miss Rowe.
- Jean BannermanA thoughtful new girl from Waverton who becomes Patty's close friend and welcomes her to a happy home.
- Avis WentworthA soft-hearted, easily homesick girl who struggles with sums and Latin and joins Patty's honesty pledge.
- Miss RoweA young, strict assistant teacher who tries hard to keep order and is not yet sure how to win her class.
- Miss HarperThe clever, sharp-tongued form teacher who trusts her pupils and expects honest, careful work.
- Miss LincolnThe headmistress of Morton Priory, who wants every girl to feel at home and encourages interest in nature and learning.
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The Nicest Girl in the School
by Angela Brazil · 1909
Patty, thirteen, leaves her doctor father's home for a school where her own cousin turns her back.
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Meet the nicest girl in the school, and watch how little she needs to do to change everyone around her. Angela Brazil's school story follows Patty Hirst, the thirteen-year-old eldest daughter of a country doctor, through her first year at Morton Priory, a school built inside an old monastery.
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A family daughter leaves for school
The day before Patty leaves her home in Kirkstone, she sits beside a new trunk while her mother packs. Patty is thrilled and frightened at once. Her worry has a name. Her cousin Muriel Pearson already attends Morton Priory, and Patty fears Muriel does not want her there.
Mrs. Hirst begs Patty to stay friendly all the same. Uncle Sidney is paying the whole cost, which the family could never afford alone. His letter asks Patty to treat Muriel as her special charge. That promise weighs on her more than anything else.
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What is The Nicest Girl in the School about?
It follows Patty Hirst, a doctor's daughter of thirteen, during her first year at Morton Priory boarding school. She makes friends, faces a cousin who rejects her, and tries to keep her promise to be loyal to that cousin.
Who is Muriel in The Nicest Girl in the School?
Muriel Pearson is Patty's pretty, vain cousin, already a pupil at the Priory. Her father pays for Patty's schooling and wants the girls to be friends, but Muriel wants to keep her school life separate.
Who wrote The Nicest Girl in the School and when is it set?
It is a work of fiction, but it shows daily school life with details of lessons, games, and routines.
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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