The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place

Name: The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Julie Berry
ISBN: 9780553396010

Author: Julie Berry

Narrator: Jayne Entwistle

Unabridged: 9 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 09/23/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Historical Stories, Children's Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

There's a murderer on the loose—but that doesn't stop the girls of St. Etheldreda's from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce.

The students of St. Etheldreda's School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma. Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr. Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday dinner. Now the school will almost certainly be closed and the girls sent home—unless these seven very proper young ladies can hide the murders and convince their neighbors that nothing is wrong.

Julie Berry's The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place is a smart, hilarious Victorian romp, full of outrageous plot twists, mistaken identities, and mysterious happenings.

About The Author

Julie Berry has never solved a murder or attended boarding school. Her manners are decidedly improper. But she is part of a scandalous sisterhood. She's the youngest of seven children, six of whom are girls, and if they'd ever had a chance to conceal a corpse and run a school, they'd have jumped on it. Today she lives in eastern Massachusetts with her husband and their four sons and two cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Giselle

Super cute! The plot is more-or-less a game of clue, but more MG-like, with a large cast of funny, resourceful, and charismatic young girls. Much like its cover, The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place is intriguing and fun with a touch of humour. We begin by being introduced to the girls wit......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

An absolutely delightful Victorian farce in which a group of Victorian schoolgirls attempt to conceal the death of their awful schoolmistress and live in a sisterly utopia . . . and must therefore deal with the nosy neighbors, angry creditors, hopeful suitors, and suspected murderers who descend on......more

Goodreads review by ✦BookishlyRichie✦

Dark, witty, ominous, twisted, and absolutely hilarious! This was most definitely giving me Agatha Christie meets Arsenic and Old Lace vibes and I loved every moment of it. I do have to say that this was tad slow and there were romantic bits that didn't feel necessary to me, but what made up for that......more