Malory Towers
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Malory Towers is a series of six books written by British children's author Enid Blyton about a boarding school of that name. The series follows the heroine Darrell Rivers from her first year at Malory Towers to when she leaves. Other characters include Sally Hope (Darrell's best friend), Felicity Rivers (Darrell's sister), Gwendoline-Mary Lacy, Alicia Johns, Mary-Lou, and Bill. The series is believed to be semi-autobiographical, and the name Darrell Rivers is clearly drawn from Blyton's second husband's name, Kenneth Darrell Waters.
The six books are:
- First Term at Malory Towers (1946)
- Second Form at Malory Towers (1947)
- Third Year at Malory Towers
- Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949)
- In the Fifth at Malory Towers
- Last Term at Malory Towers (1951)
Interestingly, the German translation of the series adds several books occurring after the sixth, with Darrell returning to Malory Towers as a teacher. These books also bear the author name Enid Blyton, though they seem not to be translations of any English books.
Blyton wrote two other series about life at a boarding school: St. Clare's and the Naughtiest Girl series.