num_pages: 262
description: In this middle-grade novel, a summer of exciting new experiences awaits the lively Penderwick sisters at a summer rental cottage on the large Berkshire estate of Mrs. Tifton, a snobby heiress. With a spacey but loving botanist father, 12-year-old Rosalind is often in charge. Her younger sister, Jane, age 11, is a writer with a dramatic flair. Skye, 10, is fond of exploration. And Batty, the littlest at four, favors Halloween-colored butterfly wings at all times. Along with the owner's musically talented son, Jeffrey, and their trusty dog, Hound, the girls undertake all manner of adventures. Winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
language: English
title: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
titlecomplete: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
genres: Fiction, Family, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Audiobook
ratings_count: 57633
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: Knopf Books for Young Readers