Penny Dreadful
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Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder
From the author of Any Which Wall, comes another story of magic and how it can change you. In Penny Dreadful the magic is small, but the transformation is big. Penelope Grey is a lonely, wealthy child in a nothern big city who, by a twist of fate, becomes Penny: a happy, poor child in the rural south. Rich with unusual and appealing characters, Penny Dreadful asks readers to think about who they really are and what they really want. For fans of Polly Horvath, Lemony Snicket, and Kate diCamillo
Laurel Snyder is the author of several picture books for young children, among them Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova, which was named an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and received a Parents' Choice Award Silver Honor; Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book; and The Longest Night, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. She also wrote the novels Bigger Than a Breadbox; Penny Dreadful, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book; Any Which Wall; and Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains. Visit her at LaurelSnyder.com, or on Twitter @LaurelSnyder. Samantha Cotterill grew up in England, France, and Iran, and currently lives with her family in upstate New York. She is the illustrator of No More Bows and Charlotte and the Rock by Stephen W. Martin. She is also a textile designer and blogs under the name MummySam. Learn more at MummySam.com, or follow her on Twitter @mummysamart.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375861697 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375861696 |
| Title | Penny Dreadful |
| Author | Laurel Snyder |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2011-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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