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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Booklist Review     First Chapter Excerpts     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     Summary       More by this author     Holm, Jennifer L.     Subjects     Family life -- New Jersey -- Fiction.     Italian Americans -- Fiction.     Secrets -- Fiction.     New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Holm, Jennifer L.       by title:      Penny from heaven / ...         MARC Display

Penny from heaven / by Jennifer L. Holm. by Holm, Jennifer L. New York : Random House Children's Books, c2006. c2006. Subjects Family life -- New Jersey -- Fiction.   Italian Americans -- Fiction.   Secrets -- Fiction.   New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Format:  No. of Holds for all sites :  0 Summary:  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. It's 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother's afraid she'll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in a car. Her Nonny cries every time her father's name is mentioned. And the two sides of her family aren't speaking to each other! Inspired by Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm's own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a shining story about the everyday and the extraordinary, about a time in America's history, not all that long ago, when being Italian meant that you were the enemy. But most of all, it's a story about families--about the things that tear them apart and bring them together. And Holm tells it with all the richness and the layers, the love and the laughter of a Sunday dinner at Nonny's. So pull up a chair and enjoy the feast! Buon appetito! Description:  274 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  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. Electronic Link:  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0702/2005013896.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005013896-d.html   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Madison Library District Tween fiction TW Holm, Jennifer / Penny Checked In Add Copy to MyList Madison Library District Tween fiction TW Holm, Jennifer / Penny Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email Search Results to:

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