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Author
Series
Penelope perfect volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Determined to make it through the year's school camping trip without another meltdown, Penelope sets strict rules for herself and plans to bunk with her best friend in the hope of having a perfect weekend experience.
Author
Series
Penelope perfect volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Struggling with dynamic emotions and a desire to be perfect, Penelope Kingston resolves to find a best friend and discovers the importance of relaxing and not trying too hard when the task proves to be more difficult than anticipated.
Author
Series
Penelope perfect volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Penelope Kingston has never, ever messed up on a test - until now. After this Truly Terrible Mistake, Penelope needs to make sure that she gets absolutely perfect grades from now on in every subject, including the dreaded drama class. Luckily, Penelope is very good at organizing, so she figures she can be the director of the upcoming play. But can Penelope handle Joanna, the naughtiest girl in class? One thing's for sure: Penelope Kingston didn't...
Author
Series
Penelope Kite novels volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's love at first sight when Penelope Kite sees Le Chant d'Eau--The Song of Water--the stone farmhouse tucked high in the hills above the Luberon valley, complete with a garden, swimming pool, and sweeping mountain vistas. For years, Penelope put her unfaithful ex-husband and her ungrateful stepchildren first. Since taking early retirement from her job in forensics at the Home Office in England, she's been an unpaid babysitter and chauffeur for...
Author
Series
Penelope Kite novels volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The second book in the Penelope Kite series. After an eventful first few months in Provence, it seems Penelope is finally settling into her delightful new life, complete with a gorgeous love interest in the mayor of St. Merlot. When Penelope and the mayor Laurent Millais attend a glamorous gallery opening, a scandal-free evening is not in the cards. The evening comes to a horrifying halt when a controversial painter, Poland Doncaster, chokes to death....
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Read along! Readers will twist and shout for this headbanging companion to the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don't Eat Our Classmates.Penelope is a T. rex, and she's very good at it. She also likes to rock out on guitar! With the school talent show coming up, Penelope can't wait to perform for her classmates. But sharing who you are can be show-stoppingly scary, especially when it's not what people expect. Will Penelope get by with a little help...
7) Ithaca
Author
Series
Songs of Penelope volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is...
Author
Series
Songs of Penelope volume 2
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace--a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Penelope Rex faces her biggest (and fishiest) fear in this companion to the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins. Penelope Rex has one fear: Walter, the class goldfish. So when Mrs. Noodleman tells the kids that they'll be taking turns bringing Walter home, Penelope gets carried away by her anxious imagination. The weekend has a rocky start—from Walter ominously licking his lips to a sleepless night where...
Author
Series
Publisher
DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Penelope Rex brings home Walter, the class goldfish, for the weekend, she is not sure how to feel, but when Walter goes missing, Penelope searches high and low for her fishy classmate.
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