Penrodby Booth Tarkington | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Chapter Books" |
| Pages: | 247 |
| Year of Publication: | 1914 |
| Date Read: | 03/30/1996 |
| Notes: | Penrod’s father declared that the boy was a stark- raving lunatic. Penrod’s mother shuddered and wondered, “What new awfulness is he going to start now?” Most of the time, Marjorie Jones wouldn’t even speak to him. But Penrod could always count on his dog, Duke, and Sam, his best friend. And there was the sheer joy of being a boy in an American town, free to do whatever imagination suggested. COMMENTS — Tarkington also wrote Seventeen, about a summer in the life of a teenage boy, but be warned, some club members think it’s as annoying a novel as you’ll ever find. |
| My Rating: | 8 |