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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Birdsall, Jeanne
Other Authors:	Frankland, David (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Sisters > Juvenile fiction. Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction. Dating (Social customs) > Juvenile fiction. Family > Juvenile fiction. Massachusetts > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
Physical Description:	308 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	0375940901 (reinforced) 0375840907 (trade) : 9780375940903 (reinforced) 9780375840906 (trade) : 9780440422037
Author Notes:	Jeanne Birdsall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1951. Before becoming a children's author, she worked as a photographer. Some of her photographs are included in the permanent collections of museums, including the Smithsonian and the Philadelphia Art Museum. She didn't start writing until she was forty-one years old. Her first book, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, was published in 2005. Her novels about the Penderwick family have collected several honors, including the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She also writes picture books for younger children. (Bowker Author Biography)