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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
October 4, 2005
Pages
195
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374410421
ISBN-10
0374410429
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.42 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$7.95
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Having moved to her relatives' rural home in the country, Ratchet Clark finds their philosophy on life to be quite strange as Penpen and Tilly believe in welcoming all who show up on their doorstep and watches as one stranger after another walks into their home. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Love under trying circumstances
One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clarkâs ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldnât look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy â whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tillyâs open door. It is with vast reservations that the cautious Tilly allows these unwelcome guests in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts.
By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling!
One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clarkâs ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldnât look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy â whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tillyâs open door. It is with vast reservations that the cautious Tilly allows these unwelcome guests in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts.
By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling!
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The Canning Season is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (January 1, 2004)
9780786261444 | details & prices | 276 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Square Fish (August 21, 2012)
9780312535643 | details & prices | 195 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.20 lbs | List price $11.99
from Gardners Books (July 3, 2006)
9780439959551 | details & prices | 194 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.34 lbs | List price $10.30
About: Out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother packs her daughter on to a train to spend the summer with two elderly relatives, twins Tilly and Penpen.
About: Out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother packs her daughter on to a train to spend the summer with two elderly relatives, twins Tilly and Penpen.
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 14, 2005)
9780786280889 | details & prices | 269 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $10.95
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (October 4, 2005)
9780374410421 | details & prices | 195 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.42 lbs | List price $7.95
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
School and Library
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (May 7, 2003)
9780374399566 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.75 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
About: Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (October 4, 2005); titled "Canning Season"
9780606345996 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.60
About: A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Award-winning Author Tilly was tiny and very, very thin.
About: A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Award-winning Author Tilly was tiny and very, very thin.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Turtleback Books (August 21, 2012)
9780606261326 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.27 lbs | List price $20.85
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (November 11, 2008)
9781439569368 | details & prices | 195 pages | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | List price $16.95
About: A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Award-winning Author Tilly was tiny and very, very thin.
About: A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Award-winning Author Tilly was tiny and very, very thin.
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