Pine Island Visitors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823452958)

By the Newbery Honor author, Polly Horvath, comes a sequel to her popular Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family.

Fiona, Marlin, Natasha, and Charlie McCready have been adopted by their unlikely guardian, Al, and finally settled into their new home on Pine Island in British Columbia.

Then they receive a letter from Mrs. Witherspoon who took care of them after their parents died telling them that she is coming to visit for three months--an inordinate amount of time for a houseguest. Accommodating a fifth person in the tiny house is hard enough, but to their horror, Mrs. Weatherspoon arrives with a companion, her childhood friend, Jo.

Jo has opinions about everything--what they should eat, how they should behave--and she doesn't hesitate to express them. And sweet Mrs. Witherspoon seems to have fallen under her spell. When she and Jo announce that they are going to extend their stay even longer, Fiona and Marlin are beside themselves. Fiona hates rocking the boat, but there must be a way to get rid of these grown-up bullies so she and her sisters can have the life they wish to lead.

A Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle Grade Book of the Year

Author: Polly Horvath
ISBN-10: 0823452956
ISBN-13: 9780823452958
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/14/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 53
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2023
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2023 pg. 75
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2023