Miss Amelia Musgrove was appointed Headmistress of St. Hilda's after the 1st world war, but her 30 years of slippering and caning bottoms has finally come to an end. Now it is time to retire and hand over the reins to the next headmistress, Mrs Johnson, a woman with equally high academic standards, and a firm believer in the application of corporal punishment on deserving bottoms... and there are plenty of deserving bottoms at St. Hilda's! As Mrs Johnson takes up her new post, she proves to be a more formidable disciplinarian than her predecessor, and quickly makes her mark (literally) with her fearsome canes. Much to the horror of the pupils, the punishments are often given on the bare bottom! Set in a bygone era where corporal punishment was a common occurrence, this book depicts life in a boarding school for girls. Here you will find mayhem, pranks and disorder quelled by endless whackings with canes and giant slippers. Whether rebellious, boisterous, mischievous or reckless, the girls pay the price on their posteriors for any infractions. Yet even with sore bottoms from painful punishments, they enjoy their rite-of-passage schooldays at St. Hilda's. Loyal friendships are made, strengthened by a shared bond which holds fast even when the girls have left school. Life at St Hilda's is certainly memorable...