For the seven girls who are students at St. Etheldreda’s
School for Young Ladies it was a typical Sunday in the 1890’s at the boarding
school. Sunday dinner meant buttered bread and hot beans for the girls and veal
and the trimming for the headmistress Mrs. Placket and her brother Mr. Aldous
Godding. They had learned to be content with the privilege of watching the two
adults consume the meal that the girls had cooked. But on a particular Sunday
in May that all changed with both Mrs. Placket and Mr. Godding dropped deal in
the midst of the evenings repast. Following the unfortunate event the girl’s (each
has a less than desirable nickname and the reader must make sure not to gloss
over the brief introduction) quickly decide to hide the crime as no one desires
to return home to their families.
What happens next is a dark comedy full of
hidden corpses, investigation worthy of Sherlock Holmes and a great deal of
strength and ingenuity on the part of the girls in Julie Berry’s The Scandalous
Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. A tale for mystery lovers in grades 5-8.
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