An edition of The Penderwicks (2005)

The Penderwicks

a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

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An edition of The Penderwicks (2005)

The Penderwicks

a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

1st ed. (7)

by

  • ★★★ 3.4 (12 ratings) ·
  • 89 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 22 Have read

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
262

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family, siblings, friendship, social themes, girls & women, juvenile literature, Juvenile works, Juvenile fiction, Single-parent families, Fiction, Vacations, Sisters, Sisters, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Single-parent families, fiction, Vacations, fiction, Children's fiction, Massachusetts, fiction, Children's Middle Grade Books, children's literature, Dogs, Fathers and daughters

People

Penderwicks, Harry, Cagney, Skye Penderwick, Mrs. Tifton, Jeffrey Tifton, Rosalind Penderwick, Jane Penderwick, Batty Penderwick, Dexter Dupree, Churchie, Hound

Places

Arundel Cottage, Boston, Pencey, Boston Music Conservatory

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summer

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The Penderwicks
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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
2007-03, Yearling
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The Penderwicks
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De Penderwicks
2007-09, Van Gennep
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The Penderwicks
2007-01, David Fickling Books
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The Penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
2005, Alfred A. Knopf
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2005, Alfred A. Knopf
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Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
2005

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Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.B51197 Pe 2005, PZ7.B51197Pe 2005

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
262 p. ;
Number of pages
262

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OL3296449M
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penderwickssumme00bird
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0375831436
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9780375831430
LCCN
2004020364
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227364
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60785076

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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy is a children's novel by Jeanne Birdsall, published by Knopf in 2005. This was Birdsall's first book published and it inaugurated the Penderwicks series, whose fifth and final volume was published in 2018. Both The Penderwicks and its sequel The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (Knopf, April 2008) were New York Times Best Sellers.The remaining books in the series are The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, The Penderwicks in Spring, and The Penderwicks at Last.

The Penderwicks won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature (United States).

In 2012 The Penderwicks was ranked number 29 on a list of the top 100 children's novels published by School Library Journal.

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