Giant Pumpkin Suite (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536219074)

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: 153621907X
ISBN-13: 9781536219074
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2021
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.30d

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