description: Out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother packs her daughter on to a train to spend the summer with two elderly relatives, twins Tilly and Penpen. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet learns all about her weird family history and Penpen's new whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to make welcome. Through the bear-ridden wilderness come a variety of characters, and it is with reluctance that Tilly lets them in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts...This is another quirky and warm-hearted read from the author of "Everything on a Waffle".
language: English
title: The Canning Season
titlecomplete: The Canning Season
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Young Adult, Childrens, Teen, Fiction, Humor, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 1330
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Award
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: SCHOLASTIC