{"id":68,"date":"2013-10-04T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marlanekennedy.com\/site\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2013-12-29T01:16:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T01:16:13","slug":"me-and-the-pumpkin-queen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marlanekennedy.com\/site\/me-and-the-pumpkin-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and the Pumpkin Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Me and the Pumpkin Queen<\/h3>\n

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Mildred is a very focused eleven-year-old. Very focused on giant pumpkins. She\u2019s growing the giants in memory of her mother, who never got a chance to enter the Circleville, Ohio, Pumpkin Show weigh-off herself. After four disastrous growing seasons, Mildred is hoping to finally have a flawless pumpkin to enter in the contest. As long as busybody Aunt Arlene doesn\u2019t interfere too much\u2026and Daddy doesn\u2019t need too much help at his veterinary practice\u2026and her best friend Jacob can pitch in with some last-minute help\u2026and the dogs don\u2019t trample the seedlings\u2026and the weather cooperates.<\/p>\n

Readers will be rooting for Mildred and her Atlantic Giant pumpkin, too!<\/p>\n

Reviews <\/em><\/h2>\n

\u201cThis marvelously heartwarming story deserves a big blue ribbon!\u201d<\/em>
\n \u2014 BookPage<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026fleshed out with characters the reader will both understand and fall in love with. Mildred is a very appealing, very real eleven year old…This is a refreshing and uplifting story that will have wide appeal for middle grade readers.\u201d<\/em>
\n \u2014 Children’s Literature<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe author combines the art and science of horticulture with a gentle family story, a feel for a child in mourning, and just the right amount of humor and tension…\u201d<\/em>
\n \u2014 School Library Journal<\/em><\/p>\n

Honors<\/h2>\n