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Penny from Heaven

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    About Penny from Heaven

    Newbery Honor–winning, New York Times–bestselling, and as full of fun and adventure as it is of deeper family issues–now with striking new cover art! 
     
    School’s out for summer, and Penny and her cousin Frankie have big plans to eat lots of butter pecan ice cream, swim at the local pool, and cheer on their favorite baseball team—the Brooklyn Dodgers! But sometimes things don’t go according to plan. Penny’s mom doesn’t want her to swim because she’s afraid Penny will get polio. Frankie is constantly getting into trouble, and Penny feels caught between the two sides of her family. But even if the summer doesn’t exactly start as planned . . . things can work out in the most unexpected ways!
     
    Set just after World War II, this thought-provoking novel also highlights the prejudice Penny’s Italian American family must confront because people of Italian descent were “the enemy” not long ago.
     
    Inspired by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families—about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together.
     
    Includes an author’s note with photographs and background on World War II, internment camps, and 1950s America, as well as additional resources and websites.
     
    “Holm’s deft storytelling is at once rosy, rounded, and realistic.” —San Francisco Chronicle

    About Penny from Heaven

    Newbery Honor–winning, New York Times–bestselling, and as full of fun and adventure as it is of deeper family issues.
     
    School’s out for summer, and Penny and her cousin Frankie have big plans to eat lots of butter pecan ice cream, swim at the local pool, and cheer on their favorite baseball team—the Brooklyn Dodgers! But sometimes things don’t go according to plan. Penny’s mom doesn’t want her to swim because she’s afraid Penny will get polio. Frankie is constantly getting into trouble, and Penny feels caught between the two sides of her family. But even if the summer doesn’t exactly start as planned . . . things can work out in the most unexpected ways!
     
    Set just after World War II, this thought-provoking novel also highlights the prejudice Penny’s Italian American family must confront because people of Italian descent were “the enemy” not long ago.
     
    Inspired by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families—about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together.
     
    Includes an author’s note with photographs and background on World War II, internment camps, and 1950s America, as well as additional resources and websites.
     
    Booklist:
    “Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.”

    About Penny from Heaven

    Jennifer Holm’s New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor Winner is the story of a summer of adventures and secrets that will change everything, at a time in America’s history, just after World War II, when being Italian-American meant confronting prejudice because you’d been the enemy not that long ago .

    It’s 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing’s that easy in Penny’s family. For starters, she can’t go swimming because her mother’s afraid she’ll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her dog, Scarlett O’Hara, is sick. Her favorite uncle is living in a car. Her best friend is turning into a criminal. And no one will tell Penny the truth about how her father died. 

    Inspired by three time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families—about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together.

    “Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.”—Booklist

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    About Jennifer L. Holm

    Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times bestselling children’s author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels Our Only May Amelia, Penny From Heaven, and Turtle in Paradise. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on… More about Jennifer L. Holm

    About Jennifer L. Holm

    Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times bestselling children’s author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels Our Only May Amelia, Penny From Heaven, and Turtle in Paradise. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on… More about Jennifer L. Holm

    About Jennifer L. Holm

    Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times bestselling children’s author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels Our Only May Amelia, Penny From Heaven, and Turtle in Paradise. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on… More about Jennifer L. Holm

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 26, 2007 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780375836893

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 26, 2007 | 304 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780375849268

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Books | Audiobooks | Children’s Picture Books

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    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Jul 25, 2006 | 336 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780739331125

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    Praise

    “Penny and her world are clearly drawn and eminently believable.”–School Library Journal

    “Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.”–Booklist

    “Penny’s present-tense narration is both earthy and observant, and her commentary on her families’ eccentricities sparkles.”–Kirkus Reviews

    Awards

    ALA Notable Children’s Book WINNER 2007

    Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year WINNER 2007

    IRA Notable Books for a Global Society WINNER 2007

    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing WINNER 2007

    Newbery Honor Book WINNER 2007

    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award FINALIST 2009

    Iowa Children’s Choice Award FINALIST 2007

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