Charlotte Sometimes

Oct 3, 2024 9:30 AM

Author:Penelope Farmer

Charlotte Sometimes

'Suppose you got stuck in here, and Clare there in your time. Just suppose you did?’

Charlotte Makepeace’s first day at boarding school is a bewildering blur of unfamiliar faces, timetables, rules and lists. All the other girls know the routine – and each other. No one invites her into their exclusive circles of whispers and giggles.

But on Charlotte’s very first night something mysterious starts to happen. She wakes up in the same bed, in the same dormitory, in the same school. But something has changed. Somehow Charlotte has slipped forty years back in time...

Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can learn what life was like during the First World War

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Reviews

This excellent book has haunted me since I first read it

—— Daily Mail

This year's most haunting fantasy

—— Sunday Times (1969)

The accomplished performance of a mature talent

—— Jill Paton Walsh

A book of quite exceptional distinction...a haunting, convincing story which comes close to being a masterpiece of its kind

—— Growing Point

The novel is [...] a knockout

—— The Irish Times

John Boyne is clearly unafraid to tackle the big subjects in his fiction for children . . . A good, solid, engaging read

—— Tony Bradman , Guardian

Wonderful . . . One of the best books of the year. An instant classic

—— Eoin Colfer

Leaves the reader with a greater sense of how war changes people and their communities, and reminds us that sometimes, the ordinary acts of courage that get a child and his family through each day are as valuable, rare and life-changing as any along the front. Alfie inspires us to be more courageous than we’re used to and to do right by others even when the world is tense around us

—— Oprah Magazine

A beautifully paced and touching tale

—— Mail on Sunday

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