Brigid ✩'s Reviews > The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

*Hugs book to chest* This was so cute and I enjoyed it immensely! I've been struggling to catch up on my 50-book challenge for the year so I've been trying to read some short middle grade books to meet my goal. I remember my teenage sisters liking this book a lot when they were younger, and my 10-year-old sister recently became enamored with them, so I decided to give the first book a try. And I'm so glad I did!

The Penderwicks has a very nostalgic quality to it––both the book cover and the contents of the story. Stylistically, it reminded me a lot of all the classic children's books I read as a child, like E. Nesbit and Edward Eager. The somewhat old-fashioned style sometimes seemed a little strange in a more modern setting (at least I think it was modern? ... it was a little unclear), but somehow I didn't mind it. It was pleasantly quirky.

But over all, it's a really sweet story about family and sisterhood and friendship, and it filled my heart with rainbows. I'm excited to read the other books in the series.

(Also––if there's ever a movie of this book, I want it to be directed by Wes Anderson please.)