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    Penelope
    Penelope

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    Author: Marilyn Kaye
    Creator: Reese Witherspoon
    Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
    Category: Book

    List Price: $6.99
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    Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
    Sales Rank: 92941

    Media: Paperback
    Edition: Revised
    Reading Level: Young Adult
    Number Of Items: 1
    Pages: 240
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
    Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7

    ISBN: 031237559X
    EAN: 9780312375591
    ASIN: 031237559X

    Publication Date: March 20, 2007
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
    Condition: GOOD USED copy. NO MARKS INSIDE. COVER CREASE.

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    A modern-day fairytale--a major motion picture starring Christina Ricci, Catherine O'Hara, James McAvoy, and Reese Witherspoon. Penelope Wilhern has everything a girl could want: A wealthy, socialite family, an enchanted bedroom and some of the coolest clothes around. There is only one problem: She was born into a cursed family and has the face of a pig.
    Hidden away from the world, Penelope now finds herself subjected to a string of snobby, blue-blooded bachelors in a desperate attempt to find her a husband in order to break the curse. Though she yearns for something greater, what’s a girl to do when faced with a determined mother and her matchmaking sidekick? Hoping to snap a photo of the mysterious girl, mischievous tabloid reporter Lemon hires down-on-his-luck Max to pose as a prospective suitor and infiltrate the family. But when Max finds himself truly drawn to Penelope, he can’t bring himself to expose and disappoint her, so he just disappears. Fed up with this latest betrayal and determined to live life on her own terms, Penelope decides to break free from her family and go out into the world in search of adventure. Hiding her true identity with a scarf, Penelope discovers a wondrous world where freedom opens her eyes to possibilities she never knew existed. Making new friends along the way, she discovers happiness in the most unexpected places.



    Customer Reviews:   Read 2 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars Great!   October 3, 2008
    I was really happy with this product because it was exactly what I wanted and it arrived in such good condition. I'm really satisfied with the products I've been receiving from Amazon.com.


    5 out of 5 stars such a cute book!   March 26, 2008
    Penelope is such a cute book! it was a fast read for me and i loved it alot.
    Penelope is a girl who was born with a pig noise and she needs to get married to a blue blooded man. but all the guys she meets are scared of her. Then she meets Max who is being paid to get a picture of her for a reporter...
    its worth the read.



    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Read.   February 23, 2008
    It's clear that the target age for this book is tweens/early teens, but I'm in my late teens and absolutely loved it. I read lots of really "deep" and detailed/intricate books, and this one was a welcome break from that. The story is very light hearted yet wonderful all the same. I LOVE this book! :D


    4 out of 5 stars A great read!!!   February 17, 2008
    This was a great book to read! I read it because I thought the movie looked interesting. Now I can't wait to see the movie! I thought it was going to be an extremely predictable novel, but it actually wasn't. Of course it has a happy ending, but it's not what you think will happen.

    This is a great book and you should buy it, then see the movie!!!



    4 out of 5 stars Unusual and uplifting   December 29, 2007
     2 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Young girls seeking to define themselves should love reading this modern-day fairy tale. Penelope Wilhern is a wealthy 25-year-old with a curse: she was born with a pig's snout. The honker will magically turn into a normal nose when "someone of her own kind, a true blue blood, will accept her as she is." As her socialite mom attempts to find a willing beau, Penelope learns to love herself for reasons beyond beauty.

    My only qualm? The back story. Explaining why the curse exists, it describes Penelope's great-great-great grandfather Ralph's affair with a scullery maid, who engaged in "certain other activities that Ralph and Clara enjoyed immensely." Clara gets pregnant, with disastrous results. The book's target age range is 9 to 12 years old, and this seems a little mature for girls that age.

    In the introduction, actress Reese Witherspoon explains why she was inspired to develop the story into the new movie.



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