Penny’s summer has begun much as have most previous summers. The only people who ever call her Barbara are Penny’s teachers at school. The Dodgers always win, and Penny has the best seat in the stadium the one right behind the Dodgers’ dugout. Penny’s thoughts of heaven are more butter pecan ice cream and lots of it, and swimming pools, and baseball games. Penny has no desire for dying and Me-Me’s portrayal of heaven does not sound all that heavenly for her granddaughter. Presented in the first person, the narrative originates with speaker, Penny Falucci, explaining that Me-Me, Penny’s grandmother, says heaven is full of fluffy white clouds and angels.
"Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.288 pages, July 25, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0375936876įilled with the same breezy writing style Holm used in her Baby Mouse series Penny From Heaven introduces us to eleven-year-old Barbara Ann Falucci whose Daddy really liked Bing Crosby, and especially his song Pennies from Heaven. Inspired by three time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families-about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together. And no one will tell Penny the truth about how her father died. Her best friend is turning into a criminal. To make matters worse, her dog, Scarlett O'Hara, is sick. For starters, she can’t go swimming because her mother’s afraid she’ll catch polio at the pool. But nothing’s that easy in Penny’s family. It’s 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. Jennifer Holm's New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor Winner is the story of a summer of adventures and secrets that will change everything, at a time in America’s history, just after World War II, when being Italian-American meant confronting prejudice because you'd been the enemy not that long ago.
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