![]() ![]() ![]() This book’s twist on the concept is that the four Penderwick sisters and their widowed father didn’t expect their vacation cottage to be the summer house on the grounds of an impressive Massachusetts mansion. Many hours of reading pleasure have begun with a family of slightly unruly, but generally good children going out into the countryside for a summer holiday. ![]() The results are encouraging: The Penderwicks won a National Book Award. She kept her promise, not only to herself, but to many other young readers who want more good stories to enjoy. According to her own statement on the back flap, Jeanne Birdsall vowed as a child to grow up to be a writer when she ran out of books to read and had to start taking home library books she had read before. This is a first novel by an author on a mission. ![]()
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