Summer of the Gypsy Moths - Hardcover

Pennypacker, Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061964204 ISBN 13: 9780061964206

Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, 2012

Synopsis

Summer of the Gypsy Moths A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.

About this title

Review:

"Pennypacker is a Beverly Cleary-caliber girl-whisperer; she can weave a yarn both funny and touching, with all the beloved, timeworn themes at the ready: friendship, family, loyalty, loss and independence."--New York Times Book Review

"Pennypacker's marvelously tactile writing animates Stella's narration and brings both engaging, resilient, and resourceful characters to life."--School Library Journal

★ "A suspenseful, surprising novel of friendship and family from the creator of the popular Clementine series."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

★ "Beautifully evoked, the novel's Cape Cod setting plays a focal role in this richly layered tale of loss, resiliency, and belonging."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Sara Pennypacker, author of the beloved Clementine series for younger readers, tells the story of two opposites who must find a way to work together to survive. While the situation may be extreme, young readers will relate to the challenges of having to work with people completely different from you."--Brightly

From the Back Cover:

Stella loves living with Great-aunt Louise in her big old house near the water on Cape Cod for many reasons, but mostly because Louise likes routine as much as she does, something Stella appreciates since her mom is, well, kind of unreliable. So while Mom "finds herself," Stella fantasizes that someday she'll come back to the Cape and settle down. The only obstacle to her plan? Angel, the foster kid Louise has taken in. Angel couldn't be less like her name--she's tough and prickly, and the girls hardly speak to each other.

But when tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Stella and Angel are forced to rely on each other to survive, and they learn that they are stronger together than they could have imagined. And over the course of the summer they discover the one thing they do have in common: dreams of finally belonging to a real family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061964204
• ISBN 13: 9780061964206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288