Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L Holm

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L Holm

Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times-bestselling, and as full of fun and adventure as it is of deeper family issues--now with striking new cover art! 
 
School's out for summer, and Penny and her cousin Frankie have big plans to eat lots of butter pecan ice cream, swim at the local pool, and cheer on their favorite baseball team--the Brooklyn Dodgers! But sometimes things don't go according to plan. Penny's mom doesn't want her to swim because she's afraid Penny will get polio. Frankie is constantly getting into trouble, and Penny feels caught between the two sides of her family. But even if the summer doesn't exactly start as planned . . . things can work out in the most unexpected ways!
 
Set just after World War II, this thought-provoking novel also highlights the prejudice Penny's Italian American family must confront because people of Italian descent were "the enemy" not long ago.
 
Inspired by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm's own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families--about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together.
 
Includes an author's note with photographs and background on World War II, internment camps, and 1950s America, as well as additional resources and websites.
 
"Holm's deft storytelling is at once rosy, rounded, and realistic." --San Francisco Chronicle

JENNIFER HOLM Foster City, CA (Babymouse, Squish, New York Times bestselling author, three-time Newbery Honor winner, Eisner Award winner) * MATTHEW HOLM Portland, OR (Babymouse, Squish, Eisner Award winner) * JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA Northampton, MA (Lunch Lady, Platypus Police Squad, two-time Children s Choice Award winner) * VICTORIA JAMIESON Portland, OR (Newbery Honor-winning author/illustrator of Rollergirl) * GEORGE O CONNOR Brooklyn, NY (author/illustrator of First Second s Olympians series) * BEN HATKE Strasburg, VA (author/illustrator of New York Times bestselling Zita the Spacegirl series) * JORGE AGUIRRE Montclair, NJ, and RAFAEL ROSADO Worthington, OH (author and illustrator of Giants Beware! and Dragons Beware! from First Second) * LARK PIEN Oakland, CA (colorist of multi-award winners Boxers & Saints and American Born Chinese) * MATT PHELAN Ardmore, PA (author/illustrator of Scott O Dell Award winner The Storm in the Barn)

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780375836893
ISBN 10	0375836896
Title	Penny from Heaven
Author	Jennifer L Holm
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2007-12-26
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book 2007, Winner of Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year 2007, Winner of IRA Notable Books for a Global Society 2007, Winner of New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2007, Winner of Newbery Honor Book 2007, Short-listed for Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award 2009, Short-listed for Iowa Children's Choice Award 2007
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.