Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
by Enid Blyton (Methuen, 1949); audiobook read by Beth Eyre (Bolinda, 2021)
Upper Fourth introduces more new characters, including Darrell’s little sister Felicity and Alicia’s brazen cousin June. The dynamics are rather fraught, with some of the girls on the cusp of real maturity but others cruel and sly and Gwendolen reaching her nadir.