The Vacation (Paperback)
| Author: Polly Horvath |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10: 0374380708
ISBN-13: 9780374380700
Sku: 31192969
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Pages:
208
Age Range:
14 to 18
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| Complete with her signature cast of eccentric characters, absurd situations, and heartfelt moments, the Newbery Honor author of "Everything on a Waffle" writes an on-the-road epic like no other in this story of a young boy, who goes on an unforgettable summer vacation. |
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When his parents go to Africa to work as missionaries, twelve-year-old Henry's eccentric aunts, Pigg and Mag, take him on a cross-country car trip, allowing him to gain insight into his family and himself.When his parents go to Africa to work as missionaries, twelve-year-old Henry's eccentric aunts, Pigg and Mag, take him on a cross-country car trip, allowing him to gain insight into his family and himself. |
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Henry's summer is overtaken by a crazed road trip with his two dreaded child-hating, interior decorating aunts, Magnolia (Mag) and Pigg (a family name). When his mother goes haring off to Africa bent on being a missionary, with his disbelieving father in tow, Henry is left at home with Mag and Pigg, who decide it's time to see the world. Their experiences range from the deeply unpleasant--a jellyfish attack--to the extraordinarily difficult--being stranded on a raft in a national park. Henry gets to know his aunts better than he ever thought possible. Polly Horvath is both a Newbery Honor Book medalist and a National Book Award recipient.
Henry's summer is overtaken by a crazed road trip with his two dreaded child-hating, interior decorating aunts, Magnolia (Mag) and Pigg (a family name). When his mother goes haring off to Africa bent on being a missionary, with his disbelieving father in tow, Henry is left at home with Mag and Pigg, who decide it's time to see the world. Their experiences range from the deeply unpleasant--a jellyfish attack--to the extraordinarily difficult--being stranded on a raft in a national park. Henry gets to know his aunts better than he ever thought possible. Polly Horvath is both a Newbery Honor Book medalist and a National Book Award recipient.
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Publishers Weekly
"Horvath...possesses the unique ability to make extraordinary events (such as brushes with death) appear perfectly ordinary while extracting something profound from occurrences as run-of-the-mill as a jaunt to the bookstore." 07/27/2005
"Horvath...possesses the unique ability to make extraordinary events (such as brushes with death) appear perfectly ordinary while extracting something profound from occurrences as run-of-the-mill as a jaunt to the bookstore." 07/27/2005
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