Awards...
Awards and honors for The Penderwicks at Point Mouette include:- New York Times Bestseller
- Summer 2011 Kids' Indie Next List
- 2011 New England Book Award Winner
“Balancing the novel's comedy is an affecting, neatly crafted subplot that builds up to the emotionally charged revelation involving Jeffrey. From start to finish, this is a summer holiday to savor.”
– Publishers Weekly, starred review
"it’s not so much
what happens here (though unrequited love and a few close calls do play a role) as the way Birdsall tells it.
Drawing readers right into the family, she enlivens the everyday matters and endows her characters with so
much individuality it’s as though she’s erased the word generic from the dictionary. Particularly
outstanding are her descriptions: the tiny Maine town of Point Mouette, with its rocky shores and heavenkissed
sunsets, is so lovingly portrayed that readers will be longing to vaction there as well."
–Booklist, starred review
“ If you’ve someone who’d like to be introduced into this world for the first time or someone who’s been reading the books straight through, it makes no difference. Both will enjoy this newest Penderwickian challenge. Both will be intrigued and pleased. Both will love it. You will too for that matter.”
– School Library Journal
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Interview with Jeanne on Random Acts of Reading blog >>
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