The Penderwicks :

Birdsall, Jeanne.

The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy / Jeanne Birdsall. - New York : Yearling Books, 2007. - 262 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2005.

Boy at the window -- Tunnel through the hedge -- Moops -- Apology -- New hero -- Rabbits and a long ladder -- Borrowed finery -- Birthday dinner -- Shocking news -- Bold escape -- Another rescue -- Sir Barnaby Patterne -- Piano lesson -- Midnight adventure -- Shredded book -- Runaway -- Next-to-last day -- Good-bye for now.

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

National Book Award winner.

9780440420477 (pbk.) 0440420474 (pbk.)


Sisters--Fiction.
Single-parent families--Fiction.
Vacations--Fiction.