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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
by: Jeanne Birdsall

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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780375840906
ISBN: 0375840907
Label: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: April 08, 2008
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: April 08, 2008
Sales Rank: 3745
Studio: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn’t quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s time for him to start dating—and the girls know that can only mean one thing: disaster. Enter the Save-Daddy Plan—a plot so brilliant, so bold, so funny, that only the Penderwick girls could have come up with it. It’s high jinks, big laughs, and loads of family warmth as the Penderwicks triumphantly return.

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- A Enjoyable Read!
I purchased this book based on the cover. I am glad I did. I feel that this is a finely written and entertaining story. The characters are each different, but so well defined, I could easily imagine them. As a teacher, this type of book allows for a teachable moment in character development. The characters fit nicely in the story and have a wonderful relationship. I feel that new readers or reluctant readers may enjoy meeting the Penderwick family.

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- Gentle subversion in kidlit clothing
I can't exactly remember what it was that kept me from reading "The Penderwicks of Gardam Street" the minute it came out on bookstore and library shelves. As a children's librarian I certainly enjoyed Ms. Birdsall's previous title, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks (Quality)), which garnered itself a bright and shiny National Book Award. Then there was all that talk about a resurgence of "old-fashioned" children's books and how "Penderwicks" marked a nostalgia trend. I didn't like that notion, and maybe that feeling ate away at the good time I'd had reading the novel. Maybe I felt guilty for liking it so much. Maybe that's what slowed my hand when it came to reading and reviewing the next Birdsall title. "I've read the first one," thought I. "How much more different could it be?" But then all these librarians and teachers stared telling me ... Read More

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- funny and fast-paced story evolves for middle school readers.
Jeanne Birdsall's THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET tells of sisters ready for adventure. Mr. Penderwick's sister has decided it's time for him to start dating, so it's time for the Save-Daddy Plan, a plot so zany that it makes many other problems of romance and mischief pale in comparison. A funny and fast-paced story evolves for middle school readers.

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- Another heartwarming Penderwick tale!
Birdsall manages, yet again, to write a charming, timeless tale about family, honesty, friendship, and love.
The four Penderwick sisters each have their own plots and arcs throughout the book, but must always come together to deal with the main plot of this sequel - that their father has started to date (which, I think it's only fair to point out that the dating is not the father's idea. He is, in fact, quite reluctant, and it is only because of a letter that his wife wrote for him before her death that he agrees to it).

The only downsides were that I didn't feel that this book had quite the same endearing charm and fanciful feeling as the first, and a few of the plot points were pretty predictable. However, I did find my self intrigued by the story and the storytelling. And just as the first book, it is so wonderful to have a story where siblings not only get along, but love each other and help ... Read More

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