Jane Beaton

The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boarding school on the sea. Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely salt air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance? It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark. She's delighted by her new teaching job, but will it come at the expense of her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend Stan? Simone is excited and nervous: she's won a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, posh girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast. Fliss is furious. She's never wanted to go to boarding school and hates being sent away from her home. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. Over the course of one year, friendships will bloom and lives will be changed forever. Life at the Little School by the Sea is never dull...

It's about love lives . . .Maggie has been dating Stan for years - safe, comfortable and about as exciting as soggy toast. Can their relationship survive? Especially when Maggie meets David McDonald, her opposite number at the boys' boarding school over the hill. Every single girl in the school has a crush on him, but not Maggie . . . yet.It's about school lives . . .Two girls. Same form. Simone Kardashian has won a scholarship and is determined to make her parents proud. Fliss Prosser is furious at being so far from home and her friends. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out.It's about private lives . . .Veronica Deveral knows how to manage a school. Routine and discipline are fundamental to her role. But Veronica has a secret that could ruin her career . . .

Op eigen benen is het eerste deel van een driedelige serie van Jenny Colgan, over een Engelse kostschool aan zee. Het is heerlijk zonnig in Cornwall als het schooljaar begint op het kleine internaat aan zee. Maggie, de nieuwste lerares in Downey House, is vastbesloten haar stempel te drukken, maar zal dat ten koste gaan van haar relatie met de veilige, betrouwbare Stan?Simone heeft een studiebeurs gewonnen en wil haar ouders trots maken. Wanneer ze hoort dat ze een kamer moet delen met de populaire, mooie, slimme meisjes van Downey House, beseft ze dat ze snel vrienden moet vinden. Fliss is woedend. Ze wilde helemaal niet naar een kostschool en vindt het verschrikkelijk om van huis weg te zijn. Terwijl Simone wanhopig probeert erbij te horen, probeert Fliss wanhopig er weg te komen.

It's summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan's utterly charming School by the Sea series, set at a girls' boarding school in Cornwall. For the second year at Downey House, it's getting harder and harder to stick to the rules . . . Maggie Adair's first year as a teacher at Downey House was a surprising success. After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow, she's learned to appreciate the mellower pace of the girls' boarding school by the sea. Now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sweet and steady Stan, Maggie's just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her colleague at the boys' school down the road. Well, hasn't she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher's exercise book and stick to her plan for a small but elegant wedding and settled life of matrimony? Even as Maggie tries to stay within the lines, rules are being broken all around her. Maggie's boss, headmistress Veronica Deveral, has more to lose than anyone. When Daniel Stapleton joins the faculty, Veronica finds herself forced to confront a scandalous secret she thought she'd carefully buried forever. How long will she be able to keep her past under wraps? What does a new year of classes, rules, and camaraderie hold for the students and faculty at Downey House?

For the second year at Downey House, it's getting harder and harder to stick to the rules . . .It's about making them . . .Now she's engaged to sweet and steady Stan, Maggie's just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her opposite number at Downey Boys . . . hasn't she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher's exercise book - and stick to it? It's about breaking them . . .But headmistress Veronica Deveral has more to lose than anyone. When Daniel Stapleton joins the faculty, she's forced to confront her scandalous secret. How long will she be able to keep it under wraps?

For the second year at Downey House, it's getting harder and harder to stick to the rules... It's about making them... But rules are made to be broken... Over the summer, Maggie Adair has put her flirtation with David McDonald behind her and agreed to marry Stan McAteer. Knee-deep in tulle, she can't wait to get back to work in Cornwall. But the moment she sees David again she realises it's going to be harder to forget him than she thought... She's engaged to sweet and steady Stan, she's just got to stop thinking about David her opposite number at Downey Boys... hasn't she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher's exercise book ? and stick to it? It's about breaking them... But headmistress Veronica Deveral has more to lose than anyone. When Daniel Stapleton joins the faculty, she's forced to confront her scandalous secret. How long will she be able to keep it under wraps? After a summer holiday in Spain together, Fliss and Alice are firm friends. But the news that Fliss Abney' secret crush Will is now attending the boys' school causes friction when Will seems more interested in Alice than Fliss... New girl Zelda, daughter of a US army officer, has attended more boarding schools than she cares to remember and she's sure Downeys will be no different. But Maggie is determined to make her feel welcome and pairs her with Simone Kardashian, giving Zelda the opportunity to try a little makeover on the scholarship girl...

The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boarding school on the sea. Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely salt air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance? It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark. She's delighted by her new teaching job, but will it come at the expense of her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend Stan? Simone is excited and nervous: she's won a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, posh girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast. Fliss is furious. She's never wanted to go to boarding school and hates being sent away from her home. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. Over the course of one year, friendships will bloom and lives will be changed forever. Life at the Little School by the Sea is never dull...