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The penderwicks 36/4/2023 The wedding serves as a seamless device to bring back more characters from previous books who arrive at the ceremony with pleasant surprises. Tifton, who remains a rigid and humorless foil for the Penderwicks’ exuberance. Lydia and her siblings are less pleased to see another Arundel native: Mrs. Lydia is eager to explore the place “where the possibilities for adventure are endless.” She finds a kindred spirit in Alice Pelletier, who lives in the cottage where the Penderwicks stayed and whose father is Cagney, the object of Rosalind’s preteen crush, now a history teacher and the estate’s caretaker. The last time the entire family was at the estate was 15 years ago now they are gathered for Rosalind and Skye’s double wedding. And what a stage she has: the story is set at Arundel, the legendary estate which, for Lydia, has previously existed only in her sisters’ stories. Lydia, the youngest Penderwick sibling, is now 11 and takes center stage in this fifth and final entry in the National Book Award-winning series.
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