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Age Range
10 - 14
Genre
Page Count
336
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Grade Level
5th - 9th
ISBN
9781534427105
Lexile
800
Themes

Love to Everyone

Written by Hilary McKay

Clarry Penrose finds the good in everyone. Even in her father, who isn’t fond of children, and especially girls. He doesn’t worry about her education, because he knows she won’t need it. It’s the early twentieth century, and the only thing girls are expected to do is behave.

But Clarry longs for a life of her own. She wants to dive off cliffs and go swimming with her brother Peter and cousin Rupert. And more than anything, she wants an education. She helps Peter with his homework all the time, so why can’t she manage it by herself? When war breaks out, Clarry is shocked to find that Rupert has enlisted. Then he is declared missing, and Clarry is devastated. Now she must take a momentous step into the wide world—for if she misses this chance, she may never make it.

This is an inspirational, funny, and heartwarming story about a girl who dares to open doors that the world would rather keep closed.

Age Range
10 - 14
Genre
Page Count
336
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Grade Level
5th - 9th
ISBN
9781534427105
Lexile
800
Themes