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“And I don't know if Batty's gotten over it yet,' said Skye.
Mr. Penderwick looked out the window to where Batty was playing vampires with Hound. Hound was on his back, trying to wiggle out of the black towel Batty had tied around his neck. Batty was leaping over Hound's water bowl, shrieking, 'Blood, blood!'
'She looks all right,' he said.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Mr. Penderwick looked out the window to where Batty was playing vampires with Hound. Hound was on his back, trying to wiggle out of the black towel Batty had tied around his neck. Batty was leaping over Hound's water bowl, shrieking, 'Blood, blood!'
'She looks all right,' he said.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“People sometimes make unexpected choices when they're lonely”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Parents almost always want what's best for their children. They just don't always know what that is.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“This is what made a book great, she thought, that you could read it over and over and never get tired of it.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Endings are sad, aren't they?"
"Yes.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
"Yes.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“It's not right to shoot someone because they're not intelligent.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Her father had been forced to cancel her clarinet lessons after the neighbors complained about the practicing.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem...Skye was used to hearing this phrase, which Mr. Penderwick translated loosely as look before you leap and please don't do anything crazy.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“If there could be anything worse than having a parent die, it would be having a parent who never bothered to meet you.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“You have a rare and marvelous gift with words.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Skye's always saying exactly the wrong thing to people-it wasn't just special for you.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“He was the least scary adult present, besides being English and therefore fascinating.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“She had to defend the people she loved the best.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“The moonlight had turned the gardens into a fairyland, magnificent and mysterious.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“It was all a cottage is supposed to be, small and snug, with a front porch, pink climbing roses, and lots of trees for shade.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“A whole extra bed without a sister to go along with it!”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Maybe I can drown him in the lily pond.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“And depression settled over the kitchen like a wet fog.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“She didn't like being stuck indoors because of a bully.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Why does everybody think I argue? I never argue." Skye hesitated. "Or at least, I'm not going to argue as much anymore."
"That would be a miracle."
Skye chose to pretend she hadn't heard.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
"That would be a miracle."
Skye chose to pretend she hadn't heard.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“I do have an important question, but I can ask it from out here. Are you dry?
Of course I'm dry. Why do you ask that?
So many daughters have come home wet lately.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Of course I'm dry. Why do you ask that?
So many daughters have come home wet lately.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Jane circled the mansion, passing door after door, all too la-di-da for comfort.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“It seemed that the closer the girls got to Mrs. Tifton, the louder Skye squished, like a monster jellyfish with feet.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“No, you stupid idiot, there's nothing wrong with you. You're perfect.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“All was at peace while Batty picked flowers and hummed a song about kangaroos.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“So excited her wings were quivering.”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
“Will each of my daughters be delivered to me, one at a time, as from the briny deep?”
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
― The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Reading Progress
Finished Reading
August 2, 2013
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