20 WWII has come and gone and if there will be a world is in question instead of what kind of world it may be ahead, scary stuff, but life surprisingly went on, but Dolly goes grey and Miss Read shows up due to the school being lowered in age the runners feel a head mistress may be okay now, so Miss Read and Miss Clare hit it off, yay... And I think Emily moves in with a brother which surprises Dolly that they can get along enough...