The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
by Jeanne Birdsall (Author)
The Penderwicks: four sisters, as different as chalk from cheese, yet as close as can be.
The eldest, Rosalind, is responsible and practical; Skye, stubborn and feisty; dreamy, artistic, budding novelist, Jane; and shy little Batty, who doesn't go anywhere without her butterfly wings. And not forgetting Hound, their large lumbering lovable dog.
The four girls and their absent-minded father head off for their summer holidays, but instead of the cosy tumbledown cottage they expect, they find themselves on a huge estate called Arundel, with magnificent gardens ripe for exploring. It isn't long before they become embroiled in all sorts of scrapes with new-found friend, Jeffrey – but his mother, the icy-hearted Mrs Tifton, must be avoided at all costs. Chaotic adventures ensue, and it soon becomes a summer the sisters will never forget...
Recognition: National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2005); School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2005); BookBrowse Sapphire Award - Most Popular Debut (2005); Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2008)
The eldest, Rosalind, is responsible and practical; Skye, stubborn and feisty; dreamy, artistic, budding novelist, Jane; and shy little Batty, who doesn't go anywhere without her butterfly wings. And not forgetting Hound, their large lumbering lovable dog.
The four girls and their absent-minded father head off for their summer holidays, but instead of the cosy tumbledown cottage they expect, they find themselves on a huge estate called Arundel, with magnificent gardens ripe for exploring. It isn't long before they become embroiled in all sorts of scrapes with new-found friend, Jeffrey – but his mother, the icy-hearted Mrs Tifton, must be avoided at all costs. Chaotic adventures ensue, and it soon becomes a summer the sisters will never forget...
Recognition: National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2005); School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2005); BookBrowse Sapphire Award - Most Popular Debut (2005); Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2008)
Penderwicks Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: PenderwicksReading level: 8+
Books in series: 5
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: family friendship girls nature animals adventure
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (2005)2. The Penderwicks of Gardam Street (2008)
3. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (2011)
4. The Penderwicks in Spring (2015)
5. The Penderwicks at Last (2018)