Thirteen-year-old Lavender Leigh has been taken to the doctor by her Auntie Sylvia because she is nervy and has little appetite. Miss Leigh (Auntie Sylvia) is soon to be called up into the Women's Services. Dr. Marilliar of Medbury (near Armiford) recommends that Lavender be sent to the Chalet School, which his own daughter and two of his nieces attend, as there she will be under careful medical supervision. Until the outbreak of war, Miss Leigh and Lavender had travelled about the world, collecting material for a series of Geographical Readers ("Lavender Laughs In New Guinea"", ""Lavender Laughs In Libya""). This wandering lifestyle is at the root of Lavender's nervous problems, and Dr. Marilliar strongly advises Miss Leigh to give Lavender the settled routine of an ordinary schoolgirl. --- A REVIEW ---- ""Lavender Leigh, the heroine of a series of girls' books, has difficulty adjusting to the Chalet School. She is arrogant and deluded about her own abilities. But never fear! Jo Maynard, herself the author of a series of girls' books, is able to nudge Lavender into reforming enough to become a genuine Chalet School girl. Not an original plot for Brent-Dyer. However, the ""difficult girl learns to improve her personality through hard work and careful guidance"" theme is to me a more entertaining plot than the more unlikely ""difficult girl gets lost or stranded through her own arrogance or impulsiveness"" plotline, which is featured in so many Chalet School books."""

 

This is volume 19 in Chalet School .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 1989 by HarperCollins Publishers .

For Elinor M. Brent-Dyer to create a series of 58 books required much organisation and writing in notebooks; it is from these latter that Helen McClelland found the sketched-out details for Visitors for the Chalet School and expanded it into this book, initially for her family. Helen is a musician by profession and a lifelong Brent-Dyer enthusiast.