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A character called Peter (Petronella) in an old boarding school story

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LostMyLastHatfulOfWords · 18/02/2022 18:34

Can anyone help? I'm searching for a book I remember but don't have its title. It was an old book when I was a child.

It was a very traditional boarding school story with the main character 'Peter'(real name Petronella), her school friends (one whose name began with an i) and her brother Tony (who went to another school but featured in the story by almost dying after a car accident).

I recall that Peter and Tony had lived in Canada but were in England when the story began. Peter had stories about her eye-lashes freezing and other tales from Canada. She was an excellent ice-skater. (I remember her friend's name began with an I -because she joked it was the only letter she could figure-skate... dotted with her hat!)

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ArabeI · 18/02/2022 19:32

I was going to say Lone Pine, too.

There's a Nella in Chalet School, also, but sure that's not it.

WaltzingToWalsingham · 18/02/2022 19:01

Does Angela Brazil ring any bells for you? During the first half of the 20th century, wrote about 50 stories set in traditional English girls' boarding schools. Her girls were plucky and fun, exactly the sorts to ice-skate initials and have frosty eyelashes. Have a look at a list of her novels and see if any are familiar to you:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Brazil

AuntieStella · 18/02/2022 18:47

These?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Pine_(books)

But it's Tom not Tony

IsadoraQuagmire · 18/02/2022 18:47

Peter IS in the Lone Pine books, but the rest of the description doesn't fit with those.

AgathaMystery · 18/02/2022 18:43

Or Chalet School?

EBearhug · 18/02/2022 18:42

Is it the Malcolm Saville Lone Pine books?

picklemewalnuts · 18/02/2022 18:40

Was it a Noel Stretfield? there was a Petronella known as Peter in those, I think.

EBearhug · 18/02/2022 18:39

It rings bells... Will think.