The Perils of Peppermints. This item is unavailable.The Perils of Peppermints

Shipped off to Mrs. Spilking's Select Academy for Young Ladies, Emily goes up against Mrs. Spilking, who tempts children into misbehaving with delicious peppermints, and a nasty gang of villains who are after her inheritance.

Barbara Brooks Wallace writes, "When Peppermints in the Parlor was first published, and for some years afterward, I was besieged with requests from boys and girls, and teachers as well, for a sequel. Many of the boys and girls, in desperation, even wrote their own! Well, as everyone can plainly see, I have finally managed to produce a sequel, and can only apologize to everyone for taking so long. I know those boys and girls are all grown-ups now, but perhaps they can introduce Peppermints to their children. Now there¹s a happy thought!"

Barbara Brooks Wallace wrote The Perils of Peppermints in the very same house where she wrote Peppermints in the Parlor. She has the same husband, Jim, and even the same turtle, Peter, now forty-two years old. They have, since then, inherited from son, Jimmy, and his family, Cleo, an aggressively affectionate Burmese cat, and Piper, a cockatiel, who was the inspiration for the very smart bird, Fred, in Mrs. Wallace¹s most recent Atheneum title, Miss Switch Online.