The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall: Questions, plus a reading group guide, with links to reviews, excerpt, author biography at BookBrowse.com.
The Penderwicks A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
by Jeanne Birdsall
Hardcover: Jun 2005,
272 pages.
Paperback: Mar 2007,
272 pages.
Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Yearling.
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