Twelve-year-old Flora Fox would do anything not to go to Penrice Hall, the boarding school her parents are shipping her off to because of a family emergency. Penrice has horses and an Olympic-size swimming pool, but flashy facilities won’t change how Flora feels about being sent away and having to make new friends.

On the train ride to Penrice, Flora awakens from a nap to find herself transported into the past-1935, to be exact. As Flora rises to the challenges of her strange new life, she finds that the joys and complications of growing up are the same no matter what the year. And that friends and family will always be there to lend a helping hand.

Praise for Beswitched

A Junior Library Guild Selection

This absorbing novel…features a dimensional, delightful protagonist, whose personality and growth ring true….Along
with the entertaining magical elements, the universal themes of
self-discovery, and looking beyond appearances combine into a wholly
engaging and enjoyable read. -Booklist, Starred Review

Saunders offers a coming-of-age tale against the rich backdrop of full period detail … [It] will charm readers. -Publishers Weekly

A ripping English boarding-school story with a perceptive heroine and time-travel twist guaranteed to appeal to modern schoolgirls. -Kirkus Reviews