Then her father receives a letter telling him that he can borrow the money to build a new barn. Just a few hours later, the rains come and end the long drought. She believes that the thimble will bring good luck. On a very hot day (the thermometer outside the village drug store had read 110 degrees Fahrenheit that morning!) during a drought, Garnet and Jay go down to the river for a swim, and she finds a solid silver thimble. Hauser whose daughter Citronella is Garnet’s best friend. Ah, the sheer joys of a simple life in the country during the summer! Nine-halfway-to-ten-year-old Garnet Linden lives in a yellow house on a farm at Esau’s Valley, three miles from Blaiseville, WI, with her father, mother, older brother Jay, who is eleven, younger brother Donald, and pet pig Timmy. Thimble Summer (published in 1938 by Henry Holt and Company republished in 2008 by Square Fish, 175 Fifth Ave., New York City, NY 10010, an imprint of Macmillan). (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)įor more information e-mail Elizabeth. Publisher: Square Fish, republished in 2008 Author and Illustrator: Elizabeth Enright
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