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The Canning Season
by Polly Horvath

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ISBN13: 9780374399566
ISBN10: 0374399565
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
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Awards

Winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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!

Review:

"Offbeat, slapstick humor is mitigated by poignancy in Horvath's distinctive rollicking style....Readers are in for a wise and wacky ride when they open this novel." School Library Journal

Review:

"Horvath is a winning writer, luxurious in her descriptions." Booklist

Review:

"Polly Horvath...has...however, found both comedy and poignancy in this story of the affecting relationship between two widely-separated generations, showing that isolation and apathy can be overcome in the most unexpected ways. Not all readers will warm to this story, but those who enjoy a more offbeat tale and a less linear structure will find much to ponder." Children's Literature

Review:

"[A] hilarious, heartrending tale." Kirkus Reviews

Review:

"Unruly, unpredictable and utterly compelling....Readers may find themselves wondering just how far Horvath will go — and they won't be disappointed with her steering." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

By turns dark and humorous, Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling.

About the Author

Polly Horvath is the author of many books for children, including The Trolls, which was a National Book Award Finalist, and Everything on a Waffle, a Newbery Honor Book. She lives in Metchosin, British Columbia.

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bookbugbabe, March 20, 2008 (view all comments by bookbugbabe)
Switching from at times side-splittingly funny and heart-warmingly poignant, The Canning Season is an entertaining read for all middle school students (and adults!). The old ladies are charming and Ratchet quickly becomes a part of the reader. A moving tale of the gift of welcoming in those that show up at our doorstep and the power that comes in being who you are, no matter how quirky your personality or what physical abnormalities you may have.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374399566
Author:
Horvath, Polly
Publisher:
Farrar Straus Giroux
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Family - Multigenerational
Subject:
Maine
Subject:
Lifestyles - Country Life
Subject:
Great-aunts
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
#801
Publication Date:
May 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Elementary and junior high
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.58x5.80x.80 in. .76 lbs.
Age Level:
12-UP