Penderwicks at Point Mouette

Jeanne Birdsall lives in Massachusetts, USA, with her husband, three cats, and a dog called Cagney. The Penderwicks was her first novel, and won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. You can find out more about Jeanne (and her animal friends) at her website: www.jeannebirdsall.com.

"Balancing the novel's comedy is an affecting, neatly crafted subplot that builds up to the emotionally charged revelation ... 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 heaven kissed sunsets, is so lovingly portrayed that readers will be longing to vacation 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 "This book is brilliant ... I just wanted to be there, in the kitchen, hugging them all" Guardian Online "Somewhere, there are families like the Penderwicks. Lucky them. The rest of us just get to read about them. Lucky us" Kirkus