The Education of Bet Reprint edition

Bet feels confined by her place?neither family nor servant?in the home of her wealthy benefactor. Will, the boy who?s been like a brother to her since they were four, is unhappy with his fate as well. So Bet makes a plan: She?ll pretend she?s a boy and take Will?s place at school. 

When she arrives at school, Bet finds boys act rather brutish when they don?t think there?s a girl in their midst. But brutish Bet can handle it. It?s the stirrings of attraction for her roommate that get Bet into real trouble.