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Birdsall, Jeanne

The Penderwicks in Spring

341 pp. | Knopf | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-87077-4 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-97077-1 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-307-97459-4
(2) 4-6 In this fourth Penderwicks book, ten-year-old Batty starts an odd-jobs business to pay for voice lessons. There's some melancholy here: Batty suffers benign neglect from favorite-sister Rosalind and hurtful words from Skye. But stepbrother Ben and half-sister Lydia; neighbor Nick; best friend Keiko; and musical mentore Jeffrey provide consolation and advice. And at her climactic Grand Eleventh Birthday Concert, Batty rewardingly finds her voice.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015

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