When Darrell Rivers arrives at Malory Towers, she is scared and excited at the same time. How is she going to fit in? How
will she find friends of her very own in such a big school? Answers to those questions appear in plenty in the form of the absent-minded Irene, jolly Jean, spiteful Gwendoline, mischievous Alicia and quiet Sally, who turns out to be Darrell’s best friend. With a few adventures and quite a few mishaps along the way, Darrell decides that she can’t wait for second
term at Malory Towers — a decision that readers will agree with!