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Author Holm, Jennifer L.

Title Penny from heaven / by Jennifer L. Holm.

Imprint New York : Random House Children's Books, ©2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  JF HOLM, J.    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J HOLM c.2  Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  MSF HOLM    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J FICTION HOLM    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J FICTION HOLM    On Display
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J HOL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J HOLM    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J F HOLM    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J FICTION HOLM c.2  Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J HOLM c.2  Check Shelf

Edition 1st ed.
Description 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Awards Newbery Honor Book, 2007.
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).
Study Program Reading Counts RC 40007. 6-8 5.2 13.0.
7.0 MG 108040. Accelerated Reader AR 4.0.
Subject Italian Americans -- Fiction.
New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Family life -- New Jersey -- Fiction.
Italian Americans -- Fiction.
Secrets -- Fiction.
New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Italian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00980419
New Jersey. (OCoLC)fst01208379
Secrets -- Fiction.
Italian Americans -- Fiction.
Family life -- New Jersey -- Fiction.
New Jersey -- History -- Fiction.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Curriculum resource.
Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Other Form: Online version: Holm, Jennifer L. Penny from heaven. 1st ed. New York : Random House Children's Books, ©2006 (OCoLC)608329958
ISBN 037583687X
0375936874 (lib. bdg.)
9780375936876 (lib. bdg.)
0375836896 (pbk.)
9780375836893 (pbk.)
9780375836879
9780756982065
0756982065
Standard No. 9780375836879
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