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.
My Review:
The Penderwicks is the charming story of four sisters and their summer vacation in a cottage on the lands of a house called Arundel. Four years prior their mother, Elizabeth, died of cancer, leaving Rosalind, the oldest, to take care of her sisters with their father. Skye is the second oldest and the tomboy of the family. Jane is the reader with the runaway and often hilarious imagination. Throughout the story, she is working on her newest "Sabrina Star" book entitled "Sabrina Star Rescues a Boy." Batty is the youngest, at four years old. She is shy, has a special connection with animals, and never stops wearing her orange and black butterfly wings. Their father is a Botanist. This can also be funny at times because he will sometimes speak Latin in his everyday speech. Jeffery is Ms. Tifton's son. In the story, Ms. Tifton is dating the horrid man, Dexter Dupree, who plans to marry her and send Jeffery off to military school a whole year early. Jeffery, however, would rather go to music lessons. Ms. Tifton is horrid to the children, believing that they are out of her class and therefore they are a bad influence of Jeffery. The girls' imagination fills the book and makes you want to be part of their family. This I swear by the Penderwick family honor! Will the Penderwicks be able to save Jeffery from his unthinkable fate or will he have to go to military school, have Dexter as a stepfather, and forgo a promising music career because his mother thinks that she can control his life? Find out by reading this book!
Stars: 4.5 out of 5
No comments:
Post a Comment