| The Canning Season: (National Book Award Winner) Contributor(s): Horvath, Polly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312535643 ISBN-13: 9780312535643 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 Annotation: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts, Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Young Adult Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.45 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maine - Topical - Family - Demographic Orientation - Rural |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68190 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother uproots her from Florida without a second thought. Ratchet is on a train to Maine for a summer with relatives within the blink of an eye. But these aren't just any relatives. Ratchet's ninety-two-year old great-aunts, twins Penpen and Tilly, live life in their secluded home on their own terms. They were born together, they grew up together, they live together, and they plan to die together. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, a plethora of strange family history, and a slew of unwelcome guests, Ratchet may just learn what a family can be after all. Unwelcome guests might just bring the greatest gifts of all. By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling |
Contributor Bio(s): Horvath, Polly: - Polly Horvath has written many books for children and young adults, among them Everything on a Waffle, The Canning Season, and One Year in Coal Harbour. She has won numerous awards including a National Book Award, Newbery Honor, Toronto Dominion Award, International White Raven, and Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year. She has also been short-listed for Germany's most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, as well as the Writer's Trust Vicky Metcalfe Award for her body of work and many others. Her books have been New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestsellers and Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah picks. She is translated into over 25 languages and her books are taught in children's literature curricula in North America and internationally. She lives in British Columbia. |