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Fatechanger: Penny Lost Kindle Edition

by L.M. Poplin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
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When fourteen-year-old Penelope Clark accidentally travels through time to 1915 Boston, she must disguise herself first as a pickpocket and then as a newsboy, learning how to thieve, fight, and broadcast headlines to survive in an era before antibiotics and open-heart surgeries.

Stuck in the past with no way to get home, Penn makes her first friend ever, and many enemies. But when Penn is robbed, and the pickpockets kidnap the head newsboy, she finds herself stuck in the middle of a dangerous rivalry, questioning her loyalties to either side and to herself.

After a violent fistfight with a fellow pickpocket, Penn incurs a life-threatening infection. As her supposed enemy nurses her back to health—discovering she’s a girl and befriending her in the process—Penn realizes that someone else must have betrayed her. Her ensuing investigation reveals not only the truth of her betrayer’s identity but also her own.

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    Fatechanger
  2. Print length
    227 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    May 30 2019
  6. Reading age
    13 - 16 years
  7. Grade level
    7 - 10
  8. File size
    1531 KB
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    Enabled
  10. Word Wise
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  11. Enhanced typesetting
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"It's like a good drama, things just keep rolling and you kind of fall in love with the characters. I can't wait for part two." -Avalinah's Books

"Fatechanger is well written and delivers a very entertaining story to those lucky enough to discover this gem." -Authors Reading

About the Author

When she's not writing or traveling or riding her bike, L.M. Poplin can be found teaching classes in writing and literature at Berklee College of Music. She has also co-founded, with two of her favorite authors, L'ATELIER Writers-an annual literary retreat and workshop held in France. Born and raised in California, she now lives in a triple-decker in Boston with her husband and son and cat.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07R95FQRK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Rose Writing; 1st edition (May 30 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1531 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 227 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1684332788
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 90 ratings

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When she’s not traveling, riding her bike, or working on the next book in the Fatechanger series, L. M. Poplin can be found teaching classes in writing and literature at Berklee College of Music. Born and raised in California, she earned her M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where she now lives in a triple-decker with her husband, son, and cat. Visit her at http://www.lmpoplin.com/

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
90 global ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly shocked.
Reviewed in Canada on August 29, 2022
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It looked like a youth story, expectations were different than what was delivered. Wow, this is a really good read for any age. Excellent.
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Barbara Mojica
5.0 out of 5 stars Rough around the edges...
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
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Penn is a fourteen-year old girl who knows her way around the streets of Boston. Clever and curious, she attends one of Boston's finest public schools and loves the library. On the other hand, Penn has learned to be tough, she was born with a heart defect, and her father left suddenly when she was seven.

One day, Penn is off exploring the city when she meets an old woman who gives her a penny to make a wish on. When she gets into trouble for stealing and uses it, she is transported back to 1915.

Penn's whole world is turned upside down. She is now an orphan who struggles to survive. Penn worries how she will survive without her medication and if she can get back home. Penn gets mixed up with thieves and gangs. She masquerades as a boy. All she really wants is to fit in and find a true friend.

Will her secret be discovered? Can she find a way back to the twenty-first century?

The author paints colorful characters that succeed in involving the reader emotionally. There are lots of twists and turns to keep readers actively engaged. Recommended for teens and adults.
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MK
5.0 out of 5 stars Penny Lost
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2021
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I am not a fan of time travel stories but I really enjoyed reading this book. I would like to read next part of the book to find out if Penny found the way to travel back into time or not.
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raymond
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing read
Reviewed in Australia on June 16, 2019
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i had to read this delightful story in a single reading session! it was worth it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book to keep you reading.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2021
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I am only halfway through but I am loving it. It is the kind that I would love to write.
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Michael P. Hartnett
5.0 out of 5 stars A Clever, Exciting Novel of Rough Old Boston
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2019
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In L.M. Poplin’s lively, smart novel Fatechanger, young Penelope is transported from present day to Boston, 1915. There, she must take the guise of a boy, Penn, and enter into the rough and tumble world of pickpocketing. Poplin has a clean, sharp style to contrast with the grubby, hard streets inhabited by impoverished youths. As her friend Fin explains to Penn, “You get a corner, and you learn the faces of every man, woman, and child on that corner. And slowly patterns emerge, patterns you can control. Patterns equal power.”
A quick study, Penn quickly earns enough money to buy her freedom from Joe, the boss of the young thieves. Mercurial and thoughtful, Joe is a wonderful, mysterious character rife with moral complexities. As Penn moves onto selling newspapers on the street, the reader becomes completely enthralled by both the storyline and evocative sense of time and place. The battle between Joe and Mack, the leader of the newsboys, is one of sly maneuvers and machinations that are quite entertaining. Penn’s divided loyalties between these two charismatic and often generous figures keep her at the center of both the action and compel the reader to struggle with her to decide just who has the moral upper hand. Clearly flawed figures, Mack and Joe still engender loyalty and provide some comfort in a rough world: they both possess something akin to grace.
Furthermore, Poplin captures the striking inequities of the time and the nascent women’s rights movements, imbuing the novel with subtle social and feminist ideas. Fatechanger is filled with astute asides (“… politics were only considered polite conversation if you were complaining”), punchy dialogue, and a slew of clever, wry, clever lines. I deeply enjoyed the novel and look forward to the next installment of Penn’s journey.
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