Susan in the Sixth

Spine and corners bumped.

Susan in the Sixth was the original final title in the Melling series, before Margaret Biggs wrote Kate at Melling and Changes at Melling. Events have moved on, and Susan Blake is about to move into the Sixth Form, convinced that she will be head girl. There is of course no one else who could be suitable, but amazingly, Miss Pickering chooses Susan’s best friend, Laura Lacey, and this puts their friendship in serious danger, because Susan is both disappointed and resentful. It isn’t easy not to be friends, because it is during this term that the Blake and Lacey are preparing for the wedding of Helen Blake and Matthew Lacey. Back at Melling, Susan finds herself not even a success as an ordinary prefect, while she sees Laura, whom she has guided and protected through the years, grows confident and independent, gradually winning the respect of even the cheekiest junior. Luckily, and in time for the wedding, something happens so that Laura and Susan are friends again …

Susan in the Sixth is the seventh title in the Melling School series.