The Penderwicks In Spring

This month I read The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall  a New York Times bestselling author who also wrote The Penderwicks, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street and The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. My book is set in a small town on a small street called Gardam street. Gardam street is near a woods.

The main characters are Batty, Ben, Linda, Sky and Jane.They are all siblings in the Penderwick family. Batty is ten years old. She is kind and likes to explore the woods near her house. Batty starts a ridiculous dog walking business and spends a lot of time with a very fat dachshund named Duchess. Batty loves to sing.

Ben is six. He is silly and loves rocks. He even takes rocks in the bath tub. Ben is being chased by his, little sister Linda, who is bananas.

Linda is four years old. She loves Ben. She is very good at escaping cribs and baby gates. Linda does not want to sleep in her big girl bed (a Twin sized bed, not a crib). Batty has to sleep in Linda’s big girl bed to convince her to sleep in it.

Sky is fifteen she likes to read and play soccer, and she does not like to bake. Sky ignores Batty because something happened between them that Sky will never forgive Batty for, or at least that is what Sky thinks.

Jane is thirteen. She is quiet and she is writing a romantic book about Sabrina Star, a girl who saves people. Jane can never stop talking about her book. Jane is a romantic, book loving girl. She is a very smart girl who loves her family, but she also has the teenager blues.

The Penderwick’s best friends Jeffrey and Nick, are the peace keepers sometimes however sometimes they are part of the problem. The Penderwicks older sister, Roselind, is coming home from college. Nick is coming back to Gardam street from war. And Jeffrey is coming to see them from Boston.

Batty’s problem is her dog walking business. The dogs will not listen to her! Also, she lost her voice and can’t sing anymore. Sky’s problem is that she is mad at Batty, and it is hard not to talk to your sister for a long time. Sky is really mad at Batty for a silly reason. When Batty was born, their Mother died. The doctors said she could die and save the baby or live and be sick and the baby would die. Their Mother decided to die without telling her family. When the sisters found out what she was going to do. They cried and said good bye, but Sky did not understand. When Batty grew older, Sky always did not like her because she thought it was Batty’s fault that their mother died.

Roselind the older sister is coming home right when Nick is coming home, and Roselind has a crush on him. But Roselind brings home a new boy named Oliver. Oliver is not very nice, but Roselind still likes him. Oliver is a movie maker. Nick does not like him because Roselind does not spend any time with him now. No one in the Penderwick family likes Oliver except Jane and Roselind of course. Jane likes him because he talks to her about Sabrina Star. Oliver talks to her not because he likes it but because he wants to turn it into a movie like every thing he sees that is not a movie. Linda is really mad at him because Linda loves Nick and Nick gave her dandelions for her princess crown. Oliver tried to take them out, and Linda said “no”, but he would not listen to her.

Ben was very excited to see Nick even though he had never seen him before. Nick had sent Ben a toy helicopter that he really likes. Ben runs over to Nicks parents house across the street from their house sometimes at night to see if Nick is home. Nick likes Ben too.

My book is about how your family does not always get along with your friends and your friends don’t always get along with your family. Also living in a big family is good in some ways and bad in others. For example if you live with a lot of people you do not have a lot of privacy. A good thing is that you have lots of people to play with. Sometimes there are family crises.

I enjoyed this book because it is about sisters. I like book about sisters. I am a sister. I recommened this book to people who like adventure. I would read the books in order our you will be confused. I give this book Five stars!!!!!!

By Mia