The House by the Sea

by Hilda Boden

In England for the first time Penny and Geraldine face a new life. For Penny, the optimist, settling down is easy, but for her elder sister, determined that nothing will be right, adapting herself seems impossible.
Will Geraldine be happier in Wales in that house by the sea, where an idyllic summer could be spent among the hills and on the shore? And how will Miss Prudence Chart, unused as she is to young people, react to her guests?
Here is a thoughtful story written with understanding and sympathy, and whether they identify themselves with Geraldine or Penny it will have a very special appeal for girls today.
(Dustwrapper blurb from 1965 edition)

My edition: Collins Seagull Library 1968 with dustwrapper
Not known in a Seagull pictorial boards edition

Not known in a Children’s Press edition

Seagull library dustwrapper 1968

With thanks to Catherine Billinghurst for the blurb