The Sixth Form at St. Clare's
 First edition cover | |
| Author |
Pamela Cox after Enid Blyton |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | David Roberts |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | St. Clare's Sequels |
| Genre | School story |
| Publisher | Mammoth |
Publication date | 2000 |
Published in English | 2000 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 160 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7497-4269-0 |
| Preceded by | The Fifth Form at St. Clare's |
The Sixth Form at St. Clare's is a children's novel by Pamela Cox which continues Enid Blyton's St. Clare's series of school stories set at an English girls' boarding school.[1] In this book, first published in 2000, twin sisters Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan are in their last year at the school.
Plot summary
In their sixth year, the twins are now head girls. They learn that Carlotta and Angela have to go to finishing school after finishing St. Clare's instead of going to the university with the others.
Hilary must leave after this term to live with her parents in India.
The twins encounter a very strange first year girl called Dora Lacey, but her strangeness is explained when her twin Daphne turns up.
Two new girls are starting sixth year, Morag Stuart and Phyllis Bentley (nicknamed Fizz). Morag is as stubborn as Fizz is friendly; making friends with Morag is hard, while Fizz is friends with everyone in the sixth form. One day Carlotta, a girl who has been at St. Clare's for a few years but once lived in the circus before coming to school, goes riding with Morag, showing her a few circus tricks and trying to befriend her. However, just as she is starting to "get through to her", Pat comes and Morag storms away because they both have become instant enemies. Later, Morag shares her problems with Carlotta and becomes friends with everyone.
At the end of the book Fizz tells everyone that her parents are the duke and duchess of Delchester which teaches Angela not to judge people by what you think they are.
Priscilla Parsons, a girl held back in the sixth form serves as the main antagonist. At the end of the book, she is expelled for all her cruel deeds to a first former, Joan.
Alison gets a taste of her own medicine when little Joan starts worshipping her. Eventually, Alison helps Joan sort out her problems.