Melissa's review of Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven (Newbery Honor Book) by Jennifer L. Holm
Melissa's review
rating:
bookshelves:
historical-fiction-children,
middle-readers,
young-hoosier-08-09
status:
Read in January, 2008
Penny Falucci is eleven years old and living in Brooklyn with her widowed mother and maternal grandparents during the 1950's. Her father passed away a long time ago but no will talk about it not even his large Italian family who she sees a lot of and who spoil her rotten but whom her mother never talks too. It is during this summer that she learns a lot about herself and the relationships of those that surround her through some fun times rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers to a horrible accident that causes everything to come out to the open. A great novel that is fun and real but will also teach reader's about how Italian Americans were treated during World War II. Loosely based on Jennifer Holms life.
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