Elizabeth Bird at Fuse #8 even included the book in her recent Newbery/Caldecott prediction post. Since finishing the book, I have seen a lot of really lovely reviews. There's also a new cast of supporting characters, and a fair amount of time spent with Jeffrey.

While there, Skye steps up as the OAP (Oldest Available Penderwick), Batty discovers hidden musical talent, and Jane finds and loses her first love. This leaves Skye, Jane, and Batty to join Aunt Claire at Birches, a beach house in Maine, for their own vacation.

Penderwick and Iantha take a honeymoon trip to Europe with Ben. Rosalind heads to New Jersey with her friend, Anna, for two weeks, while Mr. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette is a summer vacation story, set one year after the first Penderwicks book. When The Penderwicks at Point Mouette finally arrived at my library, one long week after its publication, I snatched it up before anyone could touch it and took it home right away! Then, over the next couple of weeks, my boyfriend and I read it aloud to each other. Penderwick's use of Latin phrases, and of course, the 'Penderwick family honor.' From the moment I finished The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, I started counting down to the third book, wondering how I would ever make it until publication day. Here on the blog, I listed ten things I love about the Penderwick family, which included my beloved favorite character, Batty, Hound, the lovable family dog, Mr. I only discovered the Penderwicks a short time ago, but I fell very deeply in love with them very quickly.

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