Summer of the Gypsy Moths

From Clementine author Sara Pennypacker, this is a poignant middle-grade novel about two foster children who must find a way to work together in order to survive.

Eleven-year-old Stella misses her (unreliable) mom, but she loves it at great-aunt Louise's house. Louise lives on Cape Cod, where Stella hopes her mom will someday come and settle down. The only problem? Angel, the foster kid Louise has taken in. The two girls live together but there's no way they'll ever be friends.

Then Louise suddenly passes away one morning--and Stella and Angel decide not to tell anyone. Now they have to depend on each other for survival. Now they are forced to trust each other with the biggest secret ever.

With great empathy and humor, Sara Pennypacker tells the story of two very different girls who unexpectedly become each other's true family.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/24/2012
ISBN: 9780061964206
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2012 pg. 197
Publishers Weekly 03/26/2012 pg. 82
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2012 pg. 97
School Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 116
New York Times Book Review 05/13/2012 pg. 21
Booklist 05/15/2012 pg. 57
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2012
People 07/16/2012 pg. 53
Shelf Awareness 07/03/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 79 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 40
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2012 pg. 73
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2012

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 151049 / Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8