Angela Brazil wrote school stories for girls throughout the first half of the twentieth century. She was the first author to relate the experience from the girls' perspective, offering a more sympathetic and intimate view of school life, and opposing th rather instructional style which preceded her. Funny, touching and wonderfully 'Jolly Hockeysticks', The Nicest Girl in the School remains the most popular of Angela Brazil's many enjoyable stories. It tells the story of Patty Hirst and her cousin Muriel Person, and their turbulent times together at Morton Priory.