Review: The School for Dangerous Girls - Eliot Schrefer


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Review: The school for Dangerous Girls - Eliot Schrefer - January 2009
Are you a fan of boarding school novels ? How about reform schools , can you stomach their teachings and ways of punishment ? If so , then this is the book for you. I loved it too bits as I have always been a fan of these type of novels. The School for Dangerous Girls is known as Hidden Oaks - it is a reform school for girls who have been considered a danger to society. In this novel we meet the main character Angela, who has been sent to Hidden Oaks as her parents believe that she may have killed her grandfather and they don't know what else to do with her. For the first month, the girls are put in a mansion where they must all attend classes etc and then one by one they are weeded out - to either the purple thread or the gold thread. The gold thread is the one where you want to be, these are the girls who Hidden Oaks believe can be broken and shaped into fine girls very easily whereas the purple thread are the no-hopers , whilst the gold live in luxury we discover that life for the purple thread is horrible and almost barbaric. When Angela discovers this , with the help of a few girls in the gold thread and Harrison- Mr Derrian's son , Angela will try to save the purple thread girls and get them to safety. Can Angela save those she cares about and when tragedy strikes close to her at the Hidden Oaks - is this the last straw for Angela ?
A fast paced novel that keeps you entertained and thrilled as we discover the truth behind Hidden Oaks.



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