I found the young adult novel Beswitched by Kate Saunders to be a fun, interesting read. While the main character Flora was a little whiny and spoiled, I enjoyed the mix of modern day life with life in the past, dabbling in magic and inter-generational relationships. Flora is sent away to boarding school while her parents travel to take care of Flora’s grandmother. Before the angry and hurt Flora can become accustomed to her new life at school, she is suddenly transported 80 years in the past and finds herself living the life of an unknown girl in a 1930s boarding school. While trying to solve the mystery of her time travel, Flora makes friends and enemies, struggles to survive without her modern day necessities and helps liven up the lives of her roommates.
I thought the ending was sweet and a bit of a twist (although about halfway through the book, I started noticing clues to where the story was headed). I liked the personalities of the girls Flora meets in the past and how she realizes what is really important in her life.