Early ReviewersPolly Horvath
October 2023 Batch
Request By: October 25 at 06:00 pm EDT - 6 days left!
From Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath, comes a sequel to her popular middle-grade novel Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family.
Fiona, Marlin, Natasha and Charlie McCready have been adopted by their unlikely guardian, Al, and finally settled into their new home on Pine Island in British Columbia. Fiona is struggling under the weight of trying to keep everything together, not to mention worrying about expenses, while Marlin tries to adjust to her new high school and faces rejections for her cookbook, Thirty Meals a Twelve-Year-Old Could Make and Did!. Natasha is still keeping to herself, but a new interest in the violin reveals hidden talents, while Charlie is dreaming of what kind of dog she would like. It's been an adjustment, but they are loving being with each other and having Al next door.
Then they receive a letter from Mrs. Weatherspoon, who took care of them after their parents died, and she is coming to visit for three months — an inordinate amount of time for a houseguest. Accommodating a fifth person in the tiny house is hard enough, but to their horror, Mrs. Weatherspoon arrives with a companion: her childhood friend, Jo. Jo has opinions about everything — what they should eat, how they should behave — and she doesn't hesitate to express them. And sweet Mrs. Weatherspoon seems to have fallen under her spell. When she and Jo announce that they are going to extend their stay even longer, Fiona and Marlin are beside themselves. Fiona hates rocking the boat, but she is going to have to find the courage to stand up to these grown-up bullies so she and her sisters can have the life they wish to lead.
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- Children's Books, Teen, Tween, Kids
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- Tundra Books (Publisher)
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August 2023 Batch
Giveaway Ended: August 25 at 06:00 pm EDT
From Newbery Honor—and National Book Award—winning author Polly Horvath comes a story of four sisters searching for home.
Fiona, Marlin, Natasha, and Charlie McCready are left on their own when their missionary parents are washed away in a tsunami. Fortunately, their great aunt Martha volunteers to have them live with her on her farm in British Columbia. But while they are traveling there, Martha dies unexpectedly, forcing Fiona, the eldest, to come up with a scheme to keep social services from separating the girls - a scheme that will only work if no one knows they are living on their own.
Fiona approaches their grouchy and indifferent neighbor Al and asks if he will pretend to be their live-in legal guardian should papers need to be signed or if anyone comes snooping around. He reluctantly agrees, under the condition that they bring him dinner every night. As weeks pass, Fiona takes on more and more adult responsibilities, while each of the younger girls finds their own special role in their atypical family. But even if things seem to be falling into place, Fiona can't help but worry that it is only a matter of time before they are caught. What she needs to do is find them a real guardian.
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- Paper
- Genres
- Tween, Kids
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- Tundra Books (Publisher)
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October 2018 Batch
Giveaway Ended: October 29 at 06:00 pm EDT
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- Paper
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- Fantasy, Fiction and Literature
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- Puffin Books Canada (Publisher)
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August 2018 Batch
Giveaway Ended: August 27 at 06:00 pm EDT
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- Paper
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- Children's Books, Tween, Kids, Fiction and Literature
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- Puffin Books Canada (Publisher)
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August 2017 Batch
Giveaway Ended: August 28 at 06:00 pm EDT
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- Paper
- Genres
- Fantasy, Fiction and Literature
- Offered by
- Puffin Books Canada (Publisher)
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- LibraryThing Work Page