description: Read by Joan AllenApprox. 4 hours3 cassettesA few hours after nine-year-old Garnet linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock and money for Garnet's father. The summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways. Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic summer--her thimble summer.Joan Allen has been nominated for an Academy Award three times for her roles in Nixon, The Crucible and most recently The Contender . She has also appeared in a number of other films such as The Ice Storm, Face-Off, and Searching for Bobby Fischer.
language: English
title: Thimble Summer
titlecomplete: Thimble Summer
characters: Donald Linden, Garnet Linden, Citronella Hauser, Jay Linden
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Classics, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Audiobook
ratings_count: 7704
places: Wisconsin
awards: awardedAt: -978278400000
name: Newbery Medal
publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc