Penny from Heaven.Penny from Heaven Jennifer L. Holm Jennifer L. Holm is a Newbery Honor-winning author. Holm was raised in Audubon, Pennsylvania with her four brothers. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write. Random House 1745 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10019 037583687X $15.95 www.randomhouse.com/kids Preteen pre·teen adj. 1. Relating to or designed for children especially between the ages of 10 and 12. 2. Being a child especially between the ages of 10 and 12; preadolescent. n. A preteen boy or girl. Penny plans to spend the summer listening to baseball games Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League on the radio and swimming--and is fascinated by her father's large Italian family even though her mother won't have anything to do with them since her father's death. Penny's lived with her all-American mother and her family for her whole life, but this summer seems time to recognize her Italian heritage--just when it's most dangerous to do so. An accident will make these roots even more precarious in this warm story of 1950s small town life. |
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