Drizzle, Kathleen Van Cleve
Drizzle, Kathleen Van Cleve
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Drizzle

Author: Kathleen Van Cleve

Narrator: Maria Cabezas

Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2011


Synopsis

Author Kathleen Van Cleve delivers a promising debut with this magical novel. Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody lives on a farm like no other. It rains every Monday at 1:00 p.m., the crops taste like chocolate, the bugs can communicate, and Polly's best friend is a rhubarb plant named Harry. But when the weekly downpours stop, and Polly's brother grows ill, she must figure out how to make it rain again-or her family's future could be destroyed. "Cleve's debut is emotionally subtle and action packed with a highly memorable setting."-Publishers Weekly

About Kathleen Van Cleve

Kathleen Van Cleve teaches creative writing and film at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written three books, including the award-winning middle grade novel Drizzle and lives in Philadelphia with her husband and sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pumpkin+Bear on June 07, 2012

My seven-year-old recommended this book to me, and as a testament to her maturing taste in literature (as well as her knowledge of her mother!), I LOVED it. In the genre of magical realism, which is a great genre for children's literature, especially, because it helps us remember how much of the wor......more

Goodreads review by Robert on June 16, 2010

Okay. So usually this is the part of the review where I tell you what the book is about, except I’m not sure how to succinctly summarize Drizzle. It is, and I mean this in the best possible way, unlike any other book I’ve ever read. That was what attracted me to it. The truth is, I can’t even really......more

Goodreads review by C.J. on April 08, 2018

Polly Peabody's family lives on what can only be called a magical farm. Their house is a castle. Nobody can drown in their lake. The insects are surprisingly intelligent. And it rains every Monday at 1:00 p.m., without fail. Which does wonders for their rhubarb crops. But events conspire, and it loo......more

Goodreads review by Georgann on February 24, 2022

Meh. The story was not as magical as I expected. My fault, probably, as I mistakenly thought this was by the same author as Savvy Our heroine was a "flight" person when faced with almost the worst bully I've read. It was frustrating. Had a nice ending. The reader only differentiated a few of the voi......more

Goodreads review by Tasha on March 22, 2010

Polly Peabody knows that her family’s rhubarb farm is something special, even something magical! They grow Giant Rhubarb that is helping close the hole in the ozone and chocolate rhubarb that tastes like a sweet but is a vegetable. They have a lake that you can’t drown in no matter how long you hold......more