Antonia Forest fans

The bit about Jan is absolutely stellar. In fact one of the strengths of End of Term is its emphasis on behind-the-scenes politics, string-pulling, biases and resentments carried over from term to term, year to year (sibling to sibling, come to think of it; Nicola inherits Lois's resentment of Rowan) which do not get sorted out or even, for that matter, explained.