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Penny from Heaven parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Set in 1953 New Jersey, this Newbery Honor book follows 11-year-old Penny as she navigates family secrets and discovers her father's tragic death during WWII. The novel explores grief, identity, and belonging with warmth and humor, offering rich historical context and Italian-American culture. Themes are mature but handled gently, with age-appropriate treatment of loss and family complexity.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Fiction
- Secrets
- Italian Americans
- Family life
- History
- Historical Fiction
- Secrecy
- Family
- Newbery Honor
- Children's fiction
- Family life, fiction
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ISBN 9780375836893 · Yearling