First published 1966
At a prestigious British boarding school, Stalky and his friends Beetle and McTurk could not care less about their studies. Instead, they delight in pranking their teachers and rivals, finding endless ways to skirt the rules. But as they grow older, their youthful antics take on higher stakes, pitting them against a vindictive headmaster. Through it all, the trio's unbreakable bond is their greatest strength - and their ultimate test.
Genres: fiction, classic-literature, 20th-century, coming-of-age, british-literature, boarding-school, 19th-century, academia
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: England
203 pages · Paperback