Birdsall, Jeanne,

The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy / Jeanne Birdsall. - New York : Yearling, (c)2007. - 262 pages ; 20 cm

"A Yearling book." Sequel : The Penderwicks on Gardam Street.

Boy at the window -- Tunnel through the hedge -- Moops -- Apology -- New hero -- Rabbits and a long ladder -- Borrowed finery -- Birthday dinner -- Shocking news -- Bold escape -- Another rescue -- Sir Barnaby Patterne -- Piano lesson -- Midnight adventure -- Shredded book -- Runaway -- Next-to-last day -- Good-bye for now.

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



National Book Award, 2005.

9780440420477

2007277245


Single-parent families--Juvenile fiction.
Vacations--Juvenile fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Single-parent families--Fiction.
Vacations--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.

Grade three. Grade four. Grade five. Grade six. Grade seven.

PS3602 / .P463 2007 PS3602