2003, ISBN: 9781429965095

Love under trying circumstancesOne night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train… Plus…

Love under trying circumstancesOne night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldn't look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy – whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tilly's open door. It is with vast reservations that the cautious Tilly allows these unwelcome guests in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts.By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling!The Canning Season is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Digital Content>E-books>Young Readers>Juv Young Reader>Juv Young Reader, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Digital >16<

2003, ISBN: 9781429965095

Love under trying circumstances One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark´s ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the trai… Plus…

Love under trying circumstances One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark´s ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldn´t look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy - whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tilly´s open door. It is with vast reservations that the cautious Tilly allows these unwelcome guests in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts. By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling! The Canning Season is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Young People´s Literature. The Canning Season eBook ePUB 07.05.2003 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), .200<

ISBN: 9781429965095

*The Canning Season* - (National Book Award Winner) / epub eBook für 10.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks, Farrar Straus and Giroux (BYR)

ISBN: 9781429965095

The Canning Season - (National Book Award Winner): ab 10.49 € eBooks Farrar Straus and Giroux (BYR) eBook als epub, Farrar Straus and Giroux (BYR)

ISBN: 9781429965095

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