Seeking a book published probably in ‘40’s about girls at an international boarding school. Two sisters have problems adjusting, one wants to be like French girl Mimi who has black hair and wears red. Both girls eventually adjust with youngest who is a tomboy having a boyfriend who gives her Marron glaces. There is a plot involving skiing. This book belonged to my aunt and I probably read it in the mid-70’s and it was old even then. I think there was a character named Berthe or Bertha.
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This is ‘New Worlds for Josie’ by Kathryn Worth
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Could it be part of the Chalet School series by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer?
https://forgottenstoriesweb.wordpress.com/general-fiction-series/chalet-school-series/
“And Both were Young,” by Madeleine L’Engle, copyright 1949. The European boarding school and skiing lessons were included in this story. This is one of L’Engle’s earliest books and I think it is somehow related to her Austin family books.
Madeleine L’engle’s first novel was called And Both Were Young and was published in 1949. It is about a teen girl in a boarding school in Europe and she learns to ski.
Could this be from the very long Chalet School book series? I can try to pinpoint an exact book if that sounds familiar.
It’s definitely New Worlds for Josie.