Malory Towers is set in a picturesque girls’ boarding school on the coast of Cornwall, just after the end of the Second World War. The books follow the trials, tribulations and adventures of pupil Darrell Rivers and her friends. At the start of the series, Darrell is a new girl at the school, full of good resolutions and the series follows her adventures at Malory Towers – the pranks, the midnight feasts, her best friends and her worst enemies.