The year is 1968, and Melanie Mason is being sent to Greystones Boarding School because her parents are concerned she is out of control and mixing with the wrong crowd - and her father thinks Melanie needs a dose of firm discipline. Melanie is not at all pleased to learn the school embraces corporal punishment... little does she know how soon she will find herself on the receiving end, bending over bare bottomed for a dose of the cane! But as she settles in and makes new friends, life in the Lower Sixth turns out to be much more fun than she imagined, though her rebellious nature fails to impress the formidable Headmistress, Miss Hurst. Slipper, strap, hairbrush and cane play their part in disciplining badly behaved girls in the whack-happy world of Greystones.

The Girls of Greystones Boarding School is a six-volume series. Melanie is the first book, and like all subsequently published titles, can be read as a stand alone novella - though we think you'll derive even more enjoyment if you read all six!