Charlotte Sometimes (novel) - Wikipedia

in response to Kate

I have a question for the 70s and 80s kids here - do you remember going to the library and coming home with a dozen chapter books aimed at the 9-12 set, many with wild and sometimes dark plots, only to feel like those books have now vanished into thin air in libraries and bookstores? I’m talking about beat-up Dell Yearling paperbacks, Dolls in the Attic, Meagan’s Island, Wait Till Helen Comes. What strange and sometimes amazing chapter books do you remember reading? This is pre Animorphs and Goosebumps.

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A haunting little book, the third in a series, that I can specifically pinpoint as the book that got me obsessed with boarding school (and one of the reasons I ended up at one). I checked this out probably twenty times.

Back-to-School Reads Books I Reread Over and Over

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Kate

@katefoxJun 14, 2026

Thank you! I’m adding this to my summer reading list (especially because I live at a boarding school).

Sarah Cooney

@fewerandbetterJun 14, 2026

I love that!! St. George’s?

Kate

@katefoxJun 14, 2026

Yes! My spouse teaches English here. Where did you go to boarding school?

Sarah Cooney

@fewerandbetterJun 14, 2026

It's so beautiful there! My cousins live in Portsmouth so I've spent a lot of time driving past the campus into Newport and back. One of the best sunsets I've ever seen was actually driving back from Newport over the St. George's campus, it was insane. I pulled the car over on the side of the road to watch it 😂

I went to St. Tim's which is an all-girls' school outside of Baltimore and LOVED it.

Kate

@katefoxJun 16, 2026

I grew up in Maryland so definitely familiar with St. Tim’s!

Sarah Cooney

@fewerandbetterJun 16, 2026

I love that!! St. Tim’s was so transformative for me. Truly a magical place!