An excellent fill-in to the lengthy Chalet School series, covering the 'missing' year in the middle of the book 'Chalet School in Exile'.

Amy Fletcher's volume describes the run-up to Jo and Jack's wedding, the gradual decline in health of Margot Venables, the birth of Josette Russell, and the search for suitable premises for a Guernsey-based Chalet School. It answers some questions about how various folk escaped from Austria in ways that feel authentic, and in places is quite moving.

Definitely recommended if you're a fan of the series and don't mind non-canonical books to fill in some of the gaps. But it wouldn't work as a stand-alone as the number of characters would be overwhelming to anyone unfamiliar with them already.

Longer review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2021/10/refuge-for-chalet-school-by-amy-fle... ( )