The Admissions Office
Two things happen here. A grown-up may leave an address, and the first three chapters will follow. And anyone at all may be sorted into a house, and receive a letter with her own name on it, which the school asks nothing whatever in return for.
St Elowen’s writes to the grown-ups
Leave your address with the Admissions Office and we shall send you the first three chapters of The Star of Promise at once, and, from time to time, news from the school: new books, new stories, and things worth reading aloud.
Be sorted, and receive your letter
Three small questions, and then a letter with your name on it. Nothing you type is sent anywhere, or kept anywhere but on this device. You may erase it in a click.
First, what shall we call you?
Just a first name is plenty. It never leaves this page.
Elm
Dear friend,
It is my great pleasure to inform you that you have been offered a place in the First Form at St Elowen’s, and that you have been placed in Elm.
You will need a trunk, a warm coat, and a good pair of walking shoes. You will not need to be clever, or brave, or good at hockey. You will find that you become these things here, mostly by accident, and usually at the worst possible moment.
Term begins with the Welcome Feast. Do not miss the pudding.
We shall keep a light burning for you.
Would you like the first three chapters as well? The Admissions Office writes to grown-ups.
Emily Ashworth got a letter like this one, and then she got on a train. Read what happened next · Where to find the books
Read the beginning
Two ways, and you may have whichever suits you.
Things to print and keep
Every one of these is free, and none of them asks for a thing.
Every one of these is free. None of them will ask you for anything.