Leaving her standing on the bed, hopeless, her hands overflowing with candy.

Waking up in the infirmary, Rachel’s beloved father is here! At last, recognition, appreciation, a North Star for her troubled heart which she has not had since her grandfather died-! Nope. Rachel’s dad needed to listen to the Limeliters more. Continue reading →

So, you know how you wanted to be a Knight and revenge the wrongs done to us?

It turns out that revenge is a dish best served cold – but ordered at breakfast. Rachel discovers Sigfried’s secret weakness and Zoe steps up with the promise of “humiliations galore”. Rachel gets a terse reply from her father and bonds with Gaius Valiant over a shared desire to be in Dee. At lunch it turns out that Rachel’s dad is in a comic book. (Honestly, if you have ever seen the TV show The Librarian, it’s hard to understand why Daring Northwest didn’t get his own series) and Sigfried hurts Wendy Darling’s feelings, but he and Nastasia (now returned from the infirmary) warm Rachel’s heart by promising to get her into the YSL meeting.

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Please report to the gymnasium at three-thirty on Wednesday to assume your new position as my instructional assistant.

Woohoo! Work-study. Not that Lady Griffin needs money, but it is nice to be flying. Today Rachel spots a tiny Drake Hall student sporting a black eye. The mean girls from yesterday deliberately ruin her morning, right in front of Rachel’s long-time crush, James Darling. Her surprise from yesterday comes to the rescue and there goes breakfast. Continue reading →

Even among the wise, animals do not talk. These two were talking.

September 4th, 2023 was the beginning of Rachel Griffin’s adventures. The authoress, Jagi Lamplighter began Rachel’s adventures yesterday.

I’m going to re-read the books in “real time”. The day after the day in the book, I’ll post something here in the blog, including drawings and discussion questions. Continue reading →