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Penelope Farmer

Born

in Westerham, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

June 14, 1939

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Children's Books

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Penelope Jane Farmer is an English fiction writer well known for children's fantasy novels. Her best-known novel is Charlotte Sometimes (1969), a boarding-school story that features a multiple time slip. ...more

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Stranded 3. Update

Granny has just sent this to the BBC: whether they'll publish it is another matter - but she'll just copy it here, so you'll see where we're at.

On the BBC news last night, it was stated that this crisis would sort out the good airlines from the bad. Indeed. Staying with me at my house in Lanzarote have been my nephew - a teacher -and his wife with 3 children under 6 and my son with his daughters o Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 22, 2010 06:36

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Penelope Farmer’s books

Average rating: 4.02 · 5,170 ratings · 609 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Charlotte Sometimes (Aviary Hall, #3) by Penelope Farmer, Chris Connor (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 4,471 ratings — published 1969 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Summer Birds (Aviary Hall, #1) by Penelope Farmer, James J. Spanfeller (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma in Winter (Aviary Hall, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1966 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Castle of Bone 3.28 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1972 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daedalus and Icarus by Penelope Farmer, Chris Connor (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penelope 3.52 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thicker Than Water 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eve: Her Story 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William and Mary 3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodnight Ophelia 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Penelope Farmer

Aviary Hall (3 books)
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Penelope Farmer,

Chris Connor (Illustrator)

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Quotes by Penelope Farmer (?)

“Of course I'm not going to look through the keyhole. That's something only servants do. I'm going to hide in the bay window.”
― Penelope Farmer, Charlotte Sometimes

tags: hiding, servants, spying

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“And, she thought uncomfortably, what would happen if people did not recognize you? Would you know who you were yourself? If tomorrow they started to call her Vanessa or Janet or Elizabeth, would she know how to be, how to feel like, Charlotte? Were you some particular person only because people recognized you as that?”
― Penelope Farmer, Charlotte Sometimes

tags: fantasy, identity, young-adult

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“Where you some particular person because people recognized you as that?”
― Penelope Farmer, Charlotte Sometimes

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