It is September 1969, and 23-year-old Leah is a pupil at St Elphin's school. Only the Headmistress knows Leah's real age, which no one would ever guess, as Leah easily passes as a 14-year-old schoolgirl. As an ordinary schoolgirl with no special responsibilities or privileges, Leah's inner adult is repressed, leaving her free to enjoy the camaraderie of school life, which involves the earnest pursuit of pranks and mischief. As St Elphin's enjoys a reputation for firm discipline, corporal punishment is a daily occurrence... Leah regularly has a sore bottom as she pays for the consequences of her actions and accepts the fearsome cane as a fact of school life. This is a gentle, humorous and nostalgic tale of life in a girls' boarding school in the late 1960s. Told with Pet Jeffrey's inimitable style, there is mayhem and copious whackings, underpinned by firm threads of loyalty and friendship.

Note: This is the third book about school life at St Elphin's. The first is Leah's Regression, the second is Leah's Acceptance. All three books are self-contained and can be enjoyed either as standalones or as part of a series.