The four Penderwick sisters (Rosalind, Jane, Skye and Batty) are spending the summer with their father in a cottage in the Berkshire mountains. The cottage happens to be located on the grounds of a mansion owned by the very snobbish Mrs. Tifton. Her son, Jeffrey becomes friends with the Penderwicks, and they have one adventure after another. Batty, age 4, accidentally enters a fenced in area with a bull. While she is telling it "nice horsey", Jeffrey bravely diverts the bull's attention so that Batty can narrowly escape. Jeffrey is a brilliant pianist, but his mother insists on his attending a military academy like her father. The Penderwick girls help Jeffrey figure out a way to convince Mrs. Tifton to let him attend a music school instead. A very well-written, humorous book.
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