The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen's School

"The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen's School" by Edith Lavell is a story about two friends, Ruth and Marjorie, starting at a new boarding school where they deal with friendships, secret groups, and growing up. The story focuses on how important it is to find where you belong and change as a person while dealing with exciting and difficult parts of school. At the start, Ruth and Marjorie are getting ready to go to Miss Allen's Boarding School, and they both have different feelings about it. Ruth is looking forward to joining a sorority, but Marjorie is worried about making friends. When they get to school, Ruth ends up rooming with a popular girl named Ethel, but Marjorie feels lonely and misses home while waiting for her roommate, Lily. This sets the scene for them to learn and grow in a world full of friendship, competition, and maybe some problems getting along with others.