Incredibly Penelope
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Publisher Description
A witty and moving take on A Little Princess from an acclaimed author about the friends and family who can be found in surprising places Penelope has been all over the globe, from the tippity top to the bottomitty bottom, traveling alongside her godmother, the super celebrity Queenie Bee. And she’s done things most kids never dream of, like feeding giraffes, exploring real glaciers, and hopping from one five-star hotel to the next. But there’s one thing she has never done, and she desperately wants to give it a try: go to school! So Penelope persuades her mother and godmother to let her attend Idlewild Academy for Girls. There, Penelope’s charm, openness, and generosity quickly win over many of her new classmates. Although some, including sullen Dilly, think she’s a snob. But when Penelope’s mother and godmother go missing, her wealth goes along with them, and people start treating her differently—even cruelly. Is Penelope still special? Is she still the same person? And whatever will she do now? Celebrated author Lauren Myracle delivers a delicious update on a classic riches-to-rags story, both bubbly and poignant, in which friends and family are found in surprising places.
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Nine-year-old Penelope Goodheart has traveled all around the world with her mother and her godmother, Queenie, the star of hit reality series Dream Big! (with Queenie Bee). Insisting she's ready for an adventure of her own, Penelope persuades her mother to enroll her in the Idlewild Academy for Girls, a school on an island near Savannah, Ga. There, charitable, optimistic, and warmhearted Penelope is hailed as a minor celebrity by her peers; she also often runs afoul of Idlewild's greedy, conniving headmistress, Mrs. Grimsley. But with Queenie's fortune at her disposal, Penelope believes she has everything she needs to set herself up for success. That is, until Queenie disappears along with Penelope's mother. Taking advantage of the pair's presumed deaths and citing Queenie's frozen assets, Mrs. Grimsley strips Penelope of all luxuries and forces her to live in a rat-infested, possibly haunted basement. Bubbly, bouncy omniscient narration relays this lively reimagining by Myracle (Night Owl) of A Little Princess. An intersectionally diverse cast, an earnestly rendered redemption arc, and snarky prose inject the source material's familiar plot beats with contemporary sensibilities. Ages 8–12.
