The Jennings Report

Jennings discovers a hibernating hedgehog, perilously exposed, while he and his fellow boarders at Linbury Court School are out on a hike on a wet afternoon in February. He decides to 'rescue' the creature, but how can he keep it hidden from the masters? And what are the precise requirements of hibernating hedgehogs?

Jennings' attempts to solve these problems link the various close scrapes and near catastrophes of which his school life is composed. Compared to the tribulations endured by schoolkids in more recent fiction, the adventures of Jennings seem quite pedestrian, but the reissue of these admirably well-written books should provide lovers of school stories with a wealth of relaxing entertainment.