The Lost Twin

Middle grade mysteries are just so enjoyable to me. This one is set in a boarding school, which is a trope I've loved all my life, and it features a main character that gets to grow a lot, a sidekick who is frankly adorable, and it's set in the 1930s, so there's the historical aspect as well.

Also, I 100% pictured Mrs Fox as Matron from “Wild Child”.

Well I'm definitely not the target audience, maybe if I was 12 I'd have loved it. It just didn't draw me in and I never became emotionally invested in the characters. The fact that my daughter, who lent me it, couldn't remember anything about is not a great sign. Annoyingly the ending made me want to read the next one. Clever Ms Cleverly!