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Reminiscent of Charlotte Sometimes and of the classic school stories published in the early part of the 20th century, this is the story of a somewhat spoiled 12 year old, Flora Fox. Flora is sent to boarding school, against her will, when her parents must rush to Italy to care for her grandmother who has broken her hip. On the train to school, Flora is enchanted and goes back in time to 1935. Upon arriving at a traditional girls school, she must adjust not only to school but to the customs and c
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Combines all the fun of English boarding school stories with time travel. The characters are nicely rounded, and do plenty of growing and changing (fairly realistically). There's a bit of magic and adventure, but mostly it's a story of friendship. This will be easy to recommend to fans of light fantasy/time travel. A few things were a bit farfetched, but they matched the tone of the story.
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Jan 16, 2012
Lisa Vegan
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Susan
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Lisa
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