Return to Ribblestrop

The school headmaster warns people that "Ribblestrop is an unusual school and some of its pupils are also unusual." This sequel opens with Millie, the newly minted head girl (and only girl) hitchhiking her way back for the new term. Getting a ride from the new chaplain of the school, Father O'Hanrahan, leads to car crashes, fire alarms, a hotel in flames, a hijacked big rig, and wild animals on the loose. Despite all this devastation, Millie and the boys (an assorted cast including several "foreigners") do make it back to school. Meanwhile, the newly promoted, epaulet-wearing, deputy chief constable Cuthbertson is plotting his revenge for previous unspecified wrongs. He and his accomplices have their hopes set on a treasure rumored to be somewhere in an underground and under-the-lake system of tunnels, rooms, and elevators on the Ribblestrop estate. All that stands in their way are a band of protective monks, crocodiles, tigers, the ghost of the wealthy estate owner, and Millie and the rest of the kids.....fans of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (HarperCollins) looking for a deeper dive into humorous noir can turn to this boarding school farce set in the British countryside.--School Library Journal "March 2016 "