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The Penderwicks At Point Mouette
''The Penderwicks at Point Mouette'' is a children's novel by Jeanne Birdsall, published by Knopf in 2011. It is the third book in ''The Penderwicks'' series, and is preceded by '' The Penderwicks on Gardam Street''. The remaining books in the series are ''The Penderwicks in Spring'' and ''The Penderwicks at Last'', the last of them being published in 2018. The main setting of the book, Point Mouette, is based on Ocean Point, near Boothbay Harbor Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Bayville, Sprucewold, and West Boothbay Harbor. During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor regio ... in Maine. References 2011 American novels American children's novels Novels set in Massachusetts Books by Jeanne Birdsall 2011 children's books Alfred A. Knopf books {{2000s-child-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Birdsall
Jeanne Birdsall (born 1951) is an American photographer and writer of children's books. She is best known for her five-volume series about the Penderwick family. ''The Penderwicks'', the first book in the series, won the 2005 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Life Birdsall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in the suburbs. Birdsall has one sibling, a sister who is four years older than she. She decided to become a writer at the age of ten — but she didn't start until she was forty-one. She worked first on other jobs, most notably as a photographer, and some of her work has been displayed in galleries around the world. Writer Birdsall's first book was published when she was 54. '' The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy'' introduced the Penderwick sisters and won the 2005 National Book Award. Her second book was a sequel, ''The Penderwicks on Gardam Street'' (2008). Her third book was ''The Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |