num_pages: 234
description: 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...
language: English
title: Penderwicks
titlecomplete: Penderwicks
genres: Fiction, Family, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Audiobook
ratings_count: 57627
series: The Penderwicks
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: National Book Award
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Kalbacher Klapperschlange, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, name: Child Magazine Best Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: RANDOM HOUSE CHILDRE