Hairs in the Palm of the Hand is a collection of short stories written for children by British author Jan Mark, published in 1981.
One of the students, Martin Bennett is keeping a record of how much time is being wasted and saved during each school day for fun.
Her actions include giving out false names of Julie Smith, Susan Tucker and Deborah Clark when challenged by several teachers, introducing the third year girls to feminist politics and encouraging the sixth form to squat in an unused classroom.
She meets a girl called Lisa Donovan, who thinks she's barmy because of her carefree attitude and the way she keeps causing trouble.
Whilst being taken to the Headmaster's office, she escapes after the teacher is trying to deal with the sixth form incident that Eileen had caused which allows the girl to sneak away.