The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
by Jeanne Birdsall
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 780L
Why we'd hand it over
Genuinely funny and emotionally intelligent—the kind of book where kids see their own sibling dynamics reflected back with kindness, and the prose is a real stretch without being showy.