| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Awards |
Newbery Honor Book, 2007. |
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Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2007 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.0 7.0 108040. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 272). |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Italian Americans -- Fiction.
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Italian Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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New Jersey. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Holm, Jennifer L. Penny from heaven. 1st ed. New York : Random House Children's Books, ©2006 (OCoLC)608329958 |
| ISBN |
037583687X |
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0375936874 (library binding) |
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9780375936876 (library binding) |
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0375836896 (paperback) |
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9780375836879 |
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9780375836893 (paperback) |
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