Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Penny from heaven /

Holm, Jennifer L.

Penny from heaven / - 1st ed. - New York : Random House Children's Books, c2006. - 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Best seat in the house -- The lucky bean -- Mrs. Morelli's brains -- A man who can fix a toilet -- The luckiest fella ever -- Uncles, uncles everywhere -- The translator -- Nonny's underwear -- The slider -- The water boy's treasure -- More peas, please -- No poking -- Better than angels -- All for the best -- A punishment worse than death -- So this is heaven -- Dumb and unlucky -- The last person on earth -- The bomb -- What's in a name -- A lucky girl -- A regular Norman Rockwell family.

As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.

Newbery Honor Book, 2007.

037583687X 0375936874 (lib. bdg.) 9780375936876 (lib. bdg.) 0375836896 (pbk.) 9780375836893 (pbk.) 9780375836879

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Family life--New Jersey--Fiction.
Italian Americans--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Italian Americans--Fiction.


New Jersey--History--20th century--Fiction.

PZ7.H732226 / Pen 2006

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