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It's a great way to get rid of inconvenient adults, isn't it? Nobody cares about the kid, nor do they have any real ties to him. Yay!

I don't know if it's limited to the Brits, but Dahl sure did popularize it. But his childhood was interesting, anyway.

In this case, just fyi, I'm talking about Knightley Academy. One person on Amazon called it "formulaic" (which it kinda is) and the rest of them all went "Just like Harry Potter! But with these five hundred differences!" Like, you know, the total lack of any fantasy element, the lack of cruel relations, the lack of undeserved fame, and... well, I could go on. "But they both start with a train ride!" Wow. Victorian-era children reached school by train. What a surprise.