Brief description:
From the dust jacket:
Here again is another story of the adventures of the irrepressible Penny Parrish and her delightful family.
By one of those happy accidents best know to fiction, Major Parrish has been transferred from Fort Arden, Kansas to West Point, where all concerned can keep an eye on David, the family's cadet. And happily Penny's friend Carrol Houghton lives in an enormous barn of an place not far up the river from the Point. So it is not surprising that the two girls are together constantly.
There's excitement from the very beginning when the Parrishes visit the Houghtons at their New York penthouse and attend the Army-Notre football game. Penny -- who can get herself into more jams than anyone else -- gets herself lost in the crowd, and by chance meets a famous actress. This adventure definitely decides Penny on a career in the theater. And it does seem that this time Penny's mind is really made up!
There s near tragedy for Penny’s brother David, which luckily ends happily. But besides that the winter for Penny is a delicious whirl of hops at the Point, a trip to Florida with the Houghtons, and at last June week -- and romance.
Here again is another story of the adventures of the irrepressible Penny Parrish and her delightful family.
By one of those happy accidents best know to fiction, Major Parrish has been transferred from Fort Arden, Kansas to West Point, where all concerned can keep an eye on David, the family's cadet. And happily Penny's friend Carrol Houghton lives in an enormous barn of an place not far up the river from the Point. So it is not surprising that the two girls are together constantly.
There's excitement from the very beginning when the Parrishes visit the Houghtons at their New York penthouse and attend the Army-Notre football game. Penny -- who can get herself into more jams than anyone else -- gets herself lost in the crowd, and by chance meets a famous actress. This adventure definitely decides Penny on a career in the theater. And it does seem that this time Penny's mind is really made up!
There s near tragedy for Penny’s brother David, which luckily ends happily. But besides that the winter for Penny is a delicious whirl of hops at the Point, a trip to Florida with the Houghtons, and at last June week -- and romance.
Publication
Grosset & Dunlap,(1942) Later,Hdbk,DJ,,Exc