Summer of the Gypsy Moths

Summer of the Gypsy Moths

By Sara Pennypacker

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Grades 4 - 8Grades 3 - 5n/a4.456553

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.

Publisher: Balzer + Bray
ISBN-13: 9780061964220
ISBN-10: 0061964220
Published on 4/23/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 288

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This was a great story about two girls trying to hide their great-aunts death. If you like books with happy endings, this is a good book for you

I hated it that she died(the old lady). I thought it was funny when they called the pizza place and the pizza lady said "Kids! Get off the phone!"

This book was awesome...so Stella is currently living with her great aunt Louise in Cape Cod because her mom is getting 'back on track'. Great Aunt Louise is also taking in a foster girl named Angel who doesn't exactly live up to her name until the end. But when something tragic happens to their great aunt Louise, they find themselves living alone and Stella and Angel now have to depend on each other.