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A review by thepennotthesword
How to Be True by Daisy May Johnson
4.0
If I say the words nuns with self-defence special ops expertise, a very intelligent duck, a truly one of a kind boarding school that would give Mallory Towers a run for its money, stolen art, and a library that most booklovers would happily spend an eternity in, I may be getting close to describing what this book is about.
How can you not love a book that has the quote “there is a duck following us and I think it is now time for the situation to come to a head” and enough footnotes that you couldn’t possibly be left with any more questions in regards to the story, the characters or the phrases used. It definitely helped that there were snacks galore mentioned throughout!
As a child, the Mallory Towers and St Clare’s books were my favourite, as well as the world of St Trinians, stories of children at boarding school, with all kinds of crazy adventures. This book was so nostalgic, and reminded me of flipping through the very first Mallory Towers books. This series and author may be the new Enid Blyton of this generation.
A fun, easy to read adventure tale that I would recommend to all readers, both children and adults alike. I will definitely be checking out the first book in this series and will be following this series in the future!
How can you not love a book that has the quote “there is a duck following us and I think it is now time for the situation to come to a head” and enough footnotes that you couldn’t possibly be left with any more questions in regards to the story, the characters or the phrases used. It definitely helped that there were snacks galore mentioned throughout!
As a child, the Mallory Towers and St Clare’s books were my favourite, as well as the world of St Trinians, stories of children at boarding school, with all kinds of crazy adventures. This book was so nostalgic, and reminded me of flipping through the very first Mallory Towers books. This series and author may be the new Enid Blyton of this generation.
A fun, easy to read adventure tale that I would recommend to all readers, both children and adults alike. I will definitely be checking out the first book in this series and will be following this series in the future!