author
Brenda Page
Known for lively girls' school stories from the late 1920s, this little-known author wrote brisk, character-focused fiction about friendship, rivalry, and growing up. Her work survives today largely through reprints and public-domain editions, giving modern readers a glimpse of an earlier style of children's storytelling.
2 Audiobooks
Monica and the Fifth
by Brenda Page
Schoolgirl rivals
by Brenda Page
About the author
Very little biographical information about Brenda Page is readily documented in reliable public sources, but her fiction is still traceable through library and public-domain records. She is credited as the author of Monica and the Fifth (first published in 1928) and Schoolgirl Rivals, both school stories centered on the social world of girls at school.
The surviving record suggests that her reputation rests mainly on these juvenile novels rather than on a widely documented public career. Today, her books remain of interest to readers who enjoy classic school fiction, with Monica and the Fifth and Schoolgirl Rivals both preserved in Project Gutenberg and other cataloging sources.
Because confirmed personal details are scarce, the books themselves are the clearest introduction to her work: energetic, school-centered stories shaped by the values and narrative style of early 20th-century children's fiction.