- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books; New edition (Sep 1969)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0701103019
- ISBN-13: 978-0701103019
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,734,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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On Charlotte's first night at boarding school, she somehow slips back forty years!
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Charlotte goes off to boarding school and suffers from all the confusion and shyness of a new girl. At first she thinks this is why she has difficulty in remembering names and faces. But then she realizes that something odd has happened: she's slipped back to 1919 and become a girl called Clare.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a superbly written children's book from the late 1960s and republished in the 1990s. There is plenty of mystery and you never quite work out why Charlotte is mysteriously transposed in time back to the first world war until the last few pages. I think it's one for slightly older children, perhaps around 10-13, as there are many elements in it around the history of the 1914-18 war which the imaginative teacher could include in class lessons.
It's a great read and I found it difficult to put down, coming back to it fresh after last reading it in my own childhood.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
No, it's not your imagination. In the pre-1985 book at the end, Charlotte receives a package from adult-Emily which contains a letter from Emily and the toys they had played with, which Miss Agnes had given them as children over forty years ago. This last part is NOT in the 1985 revised edition for unknown reasons. I think that's too bad as it's rather wonderful. I have no idea why it was edited; perhaps some research into Penelope Farmer (who still writes and has a blog) would answer the question!
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this as a child and now have re-read it as an adult. It was fascinating both times. I think that it gives you a real feeling of what it would be like to live just after the First World War, and the descriptions of the mutilated soldiers coming off the train was memorable. I think this is the sort of book that will open a person up to enjoying the literature of the era, at a later time in their lives, particularly War Poetry. One of the best things about the book is the way the author gets you to know the character of Clare, despite the fact that the reader never meets her directly. It makes it all the more difficult to accept what happened to her, (I won't spoil it for the reader.) Its a great book, and should be more famous than it is.
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Thirty-seven years on, still one of my favourites
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A masterpiece
This book is a masterpiece in children's fiction, and so underrated. My daughter recommended it to me and is worthy of an adult read. Read more
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Haunting and memorable
I read this book years ago and am lucky enough to have a copy with the original ending, ie where the toys that they played with are sent to Charlotte from the now-adult Emily. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Diana
***Just in case it help someone else to know this*** ->
In chapter 7 of part two there is a medium and a seance.
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I heard about this book through my love of the band the Cure. They released a single in 1981 based on the book also called Charlotte Sometimes. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2007 by Ed Sexton
Haunting
There is something haunting about this book by Penelope Farmer. It is certainly a mystery (and I am not going to give away what it was). Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2006 by Mr. K. Ward
Great book-but could someone help me with a question I have?
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