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Taran drew the blade and held it aloft. “Yes,” he cried, “this is a weapon for a man and a warrior!” “Enough of that!” cried Eilonwy, stamping her foot impatiently. “What about the council?”

Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

“Well, um, if you are the Princess Cimorene, I’ve come to rescue you from the dragon,” the knight said. Cimorene set the point of the broadsword on the ground and leaned on it as if it were a walking cane. “I thought that might be it,” she said. “But I’d rather not be rescued, thank you just the same.”

Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

Awards ...

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy is on many State Award Master Lists, including those for Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (winner!), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia.

Other awards and honors include:

“Crisp as seersucker and not too breezy, this nostalgic novel is the literary equivalent of a perfect summer day.”
– Family Fun Magazine

“Readers will hope for a return visit from this memorable cast.”
– Publishers Weekly, starred review 

“Anyone who has ever longed to sneak through a hedge into a forbidden estate will enjoy these four loving sisters, their widowed father and their poor-little-rich-boy friend.” 
– Seattle Post-Intelligencer