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ISBN: 0-375-83689-6 • 978-0-375-83689-3
PRICE: $6.99/$8.99 Can.
ON SALE: 12/26/2007
Trim Size: 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 • Pages: 288
Carton Count: 48 • Ages: 8–12
Format: Digest
Order Form Category: Middle-Grade Fiction
Territory: World • British & Translation: RHCB
Performance: Anderson/Grinberg
Originally published in hardcover by
Random House Books for Young Readers in 2006
EAN: 9 780375 836893
Available on audio from Listening Library
◆ 2008 Yearling Newbery 24-Copy
Mixed Floor Display
Includes 3 copies each of Penny from
Heaven, Number the Stars, Island of
the Blue Dolphins, Holes, The Witch of
Blackbird Pond, Johnny Tremain,
A Single Shard, and Bud, Not Buddy
ISBN: 0-385-76354-9/978-0-385-76354-7
Retail Value: $158.94/$233.76 Can.
On Sale: 12/26/2007
124 • MIDDLE-GRADE PAPERBACK
Newbery Honor winner—
now in paperback!
Penny from Heaven
JENNIFER L. HOLM
IT’S 1953 AND 11-YEAR-OLD Penny dreams of a summer of pecan ice
cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing’s that easy in Penny’s family.
For starters, she can’t go swimming because her mother’s afraid she’ll catch
polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her dog, Scarlet O’Hara, is sick.
Her cousin Frankie is in trouble with the church. And her Nonny cries
every time her father’s name is mentioned!
Told with all the richness, delicious layers, and love and laughter of a
Sunday lunch at Nonny’s, this is a story about families—of the things that
tear them apart and bring them together. Penny from Heaven is Jennifer
Holm’s love letter to her Italian American family, and reading it just may
make you fall a little bit in love yourself. So grab a hankie, pull up a chair,
and buon appetito!
Jennifer L. Holm is the author of several highly praised novels, including
Our Only May Amelia and the Babymouse series. She lives in Fallston,
Maryland, with her husband, Jonathan Hamel, their son Will, and a rather large
cat named Princess Leia.