本書講述三位女孩在心愛的校長失蹤後，憑著一張模糊的字條，展開一段尋找線索的旅程。故事背景設定在一所寄宿學校，女孩們在這裡學會了真正的友情，也一起面對未知的挑戰。作者以多角度敘事與輕鬆插註，呈現角色的想法與成長歷程。整本書節奏流暢，結合冒險、幽默與人際情感，是一本適合喜歡推理解謎與溫馨校園故事的讀者閱讀的作品。Frankly, I can’t recommend Daisy May Johnson’s How to be series more heartily. Whimsical, clever and thrilling, steeped in period flavour and cake-related joy, these mystery-laden books are a refreshing, many-layered tonic for the mind and heart.In the case of How to be Free, it’s a glorious story of friendship between pupils at the School of the Good Sisters — a wonderful place in which you learn “how to make the sort of friends that stayed with you for the rest of your life” — with the mystery of their missing beloved Headmistress, Good Sister June, at its big heart.With little more than an ambiguous note to work with, to begin with at least, Hanna, Edie and Calla embark on a clue-strewn mission to find Good Sister June.Being telescopic in structure — perspectives are focussed on from different angles and points in time – How to be
