Giant Pumpkin Suite (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763691554)

Who are you, if you can't be what you always expected? A moving coming-of-age tale of prodigy and community, unlikely friendship and growing things.

Twelve-year-old Rose Brutigan has grown seven inches in the last eight months. She's always been different from her twin brother, Thomas, but now she towers over him in too many ways. The gap in their interests continues to widen as well. Musically talented Rose is focused on winning the upcoming Bach Cello Suites Competition, while happy-go-lucky Thomas has taken up the challenge of growing a giant pumpkin in the yard of their elderly neighbor, Mr. Pickering. But when a serious accident changes the course of the summer, Rose is forced to grow and change in ways she never could have imagined. Along the way there's tap dancing and classic musicals, mail-order worms and neighborhood-sourced compost, fresh-squeezed lemonade, the Minnesota State Fair -- and an eclectic cast of local characters that readers will fall in love with.

Author: Melanie Heuiser Hill
ISBN-10: 0763691550
ISBN-13: 9780763691554
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.60w x 1.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 196411 / Giant Pumpkin Suite


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/26/2017
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017 pg. 129
School Library Journal 08/01/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2017
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2017 pg. 103
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average