Summer of the Gypsy Moths

by Sara Pennypacker

for $ 6.99

From Clementine author Sara Pennypacker, this is a poignant middle-grade novel about two foster children who must find a way to work together in order to survive.

Eleven-year-old Stella misses her (unreliable) mom, but she loves it at great-aunt Louise’s house. Louise lives on Cape Cod, where Stella hopes her mom will someday come and settle down. The only problem? Angel, the foster kid Louise has taken in. The two girls live together but there’s no way they’ll… (more)

From Clementine author Sara Pennypacker, this is a poignant middle-grade novel about two foster children who must find a way to work together in order to survive.

Then Louise suddenly passes away one morning—and Stella and Angel decide not to tell anyone. Now they have to depend on each other for survival. Now they are forced to trust each other with the biggest secret ever.

With great empathy and humor, Sara Pennypacker tells the story of two very different girls who unexpectedly become each other’s true family.

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Fiction Juvenile & Young Adult Social Situations Friendship

Editorial reviews (1 review)

New York Times : The Caretakers (May 11, 2012)

t wasn’t easy to read “Summer of the Gypsy Moths” while living with an 11-year-old whose first literary love was the “Clementine” series, also written by Sara Pennypacker. The third time I retrieved my copy from my daughter’s bedroom — a tween lair crammed with bobblehead turtles, Tootsie Roll-scented lip balms and shells from every beach she’s ever visited — I realized this book was the first of my literary possessions she’s ever truly coveted.