Books like Malory Towers

When I was younger, my parents thought the biggest threat of punishment they could make was "I'll send you off to boarding school!" Thanks to the Malory Towers (and St. Clare's) series, this threat had absolutely no weight. I thought boarding school sounded "smashing" what with all the midnight feasts, lacrosse matches and dancing in the common room to the wireless. Malory Towers was the first school series I read and I enjoyed it. I felt like all the characters were fully developed and had motivations for why they were the way they were, as opposed to St. Clare's, which sometimes felt a little cartoonish in comparison. I mean, somehow you like Gwendoline Mary Lacey despite her everlasting prattling and airs, especially during the last book of the series. She is a well-done antagonist. Fun fact: Did you know that the protaganists name--Darrell Rivers--was a play on Blyton's own husband's name, Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters?One last thing for EB fans: http://community.livejournal.com/enid...