It is the 1930s, and Miss Crowhurst, headmistress of Deanchurch Academy for Young Ladies, runs her school with great efficiency, aided by her proficiency in administering strict discipline where it is required. It is required often! Newly qualified teacher Miss Carstairs also gets to feel the strap on her bottom. A fun and nostalgic read set in an era where corporal punishment was a daily occurrence...

Lessons Learned: Miss Carstairs first position as a qualified teacher takes her to Deanchurch Academy for Young Ladies, where she learns how to dispense discipline to the senior girls. After the headmistress tutors her in administering corporal punishment to four deserving students, she finds her lesson for the evening is not yet complete as she is taken to task for her own failings...

For the Honour of the School: Sneaking into the neighbouring school to make out with the boys, four young women see their playful evening fall apart when April is caught and caned by one of the irate masters. Miss Crowhurst deals with a demand from the headmaster that he learn the identities and take the others to task, and bristles at the notion that he should discipline her girls.

Cross Country: Covering for the games mistress, fellow teacher Emmaline takes her place supervising the cross country run. Emmaline is unfamiliar with the route and somehow finds herself trespassing in Sir Henry's woods, for which she pays the price on her bottom! Emmaline seeks justice after what happened to her, and her plan comes together beautifully, with two senior girls getting their just desserts.

A Letter of Complaint: Elizabeth, aged 17, is sent to Deanchurch Academy after her father remarries. She is unhappy and sends him a letter complaining that she is being mistreated. He visits the school with the intention of bringing his daughter home. Elizabeth's stepmother also attends... and feels the strap on her bare bottom along with her step daughter!

The Plimsoll Line: The girls on the house hockey team have a method for dealing with player misconduct, which they call the Plimsoll Line. This time the offender is June; for committing a deliberate foul, she gets three whacks from each of her team-mates. Games mistress Belinda and her colleague Emmaline secretly observe the proceedings, but do not interfere with the student's unofficial punishment.

The Honesty Rebate: The headmistress straps three girls on the basis of broken rules. Though the discipline is outlined in detail and is not insignificant she awards an honesty rebate. Afterwards she explains to her friend, a fellow teacher, exactly how her methods work.

Being Kind to Angela: New girl Angela receives her first ever strapping as punishment for chalking on the wall and breaking the greenhouse glass - crimes she did not commit. Yet her punishment elevates her status, rids her of the 'teacher's pet' label, and enables her to make new friends.