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  • Published: 2 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099582526
  • Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $22.99

Charlotte Sometimes




The time-travelling classic about boarding school life, the First World War and the fear of forgetting who you really are

'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

Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  • Published: 2 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099582526
  • Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Penelope Farmer

Penelope Farmer lives in Birmingham and has two grown-up children. She is the author of many books, including A Castle of Bone, Charlotte Sometimes and The Summer Birds.

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Praise for Charlotte Sometimes

This excellent book has haunted me since I first read it

Daily Mail

This year's most haunting fantasy

Sunday Times (1969)

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

Growing Point

The accomplished performance of a mature talent

Jill Paton Walsh