Penrod and Sam is a novel by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1916. The book is the sequel to his 1914 work, Penrod, and focuses more on the relationship between the main character of the previous book, Penrod Schofield, and his best friend, Sam Williams. More of Penrod's adventures appear in the final book of the series Penrod Jashber (1929).
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Penrod and Sam is a novel by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1916. The book is the sequel to his 1914 work, Penrod, and focuses more on the relationship between the main character of the previous book, Penrod Schofield, and his best friend, Sam Williams. More of Penrod's adventures appear in the final book of the series Penrod Jashber (1929).
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I recently bought Penrod and Sam-- as well as Penrod-- for my 12-year-old grandson's birthday, and for my 10-year-old great-grandson, who is a precocious reader. Both are reading through the books with a parent.
They are finding the books as hilarious as I did when I first got in trouble (as a high school freshman in 1940,) for laughing out loud in study hall at the adventures of the hapless Penrod. I read the books again this February, and they are still funny--even if they are nearly a hundred years old!
The words are too hard for the twelve-year-old, who is an average reader, but ok for the ten-year-old, who read all the Harry Potter books wnen he was in third grade.