Malory Towers
- Darrel
- Felicity
- Susan
- About a boarding school for girls
- Girls ignore rules and have a midnight feast
St Clare’s
- Twins
- This is about twins that came to a less posh school
- They have come from a very posh school
Dork Diaries
- Nikki
- Makenzie
- Chloe
- Zoey
- This is about Nikki
- She writes in her diary
- Nikki gets blamed by Makenzie
Tom Gates
- Tom
- Delia
- Tom’s mum
- Tom’s dad
- This is about Tom who is in a band
- He steals Rock Weekly magazines from his sister, Delia
The Famous Five
- Anne
- Julian
- Dick
- George
- Timmy the dog
- This is about four children and a dog
- They always have an adventure even when they don’t want one
- Anne never wants an adventure but she always participates as she doesn’t want to be alone
I 🧡 the way you have created a ‘format’ for summarising the key points of each book and have used it consistently your blog posts:
https://thewritingweb.org/fantasy-books
Do you have a favourite fiction genre / type of character to engage with? I noticed that some of these books are set in boarding schools. Why do you think that so many children’s authors choose boarding schools as the setting for their books?
Remember that you can edit this post, if you wish, and comment on others’ blog posts before next week’s blogging session.
Editing tip from The Writing Web:
Consider how you might show off your considerable knowledge of so many series of books. The summaries are fab but you’ve whetted my appetite for more detail.
I’m looking forward to reading your next post: keep writing!
The Writing Web