Tifton will win the Garden Club Competition. Though usually quiet and respectful of his mother's wishes, Jeffrey has stepped up to defend the girls against her and even openly defied her wishes in favor of helping the sisters.Ĭagney is the gardener for Arundel Estate and is tasked with creating something so remarkable that Mrs.

Tifton isn't thrilled with the impact that the Penderwick sisters are having on her son. Tifton is determined to have Jeffrey attend a military school and follow in his grandfather's footsteps to West Point afterward. That seems impossible however as his life has been planned to the final detail. Tifton has one son, Jeffrey, who dreams of going to a conservatory to study music. Sadly for her, an unfortunate event with the Penderwicks and her son will cause her to lose first place to a rival. Tifton is a social climber of sorts whose biggest concern throughout this story is whether or not she will win the Garden Club competition. Jane and Skye are ten and eleven respectively, and they are joined by Hound Penderwick - something that was not revealed to the owner of the estate, Mrs.

The children range in age from Batty who is just four years old to Rosalind who is twelve. Though this wasn't their usual vacation destination, it would be the center of conversations for years to come. The Penderwicks is a story about four young girls and their father who vacation for the first time in a cottage on an estate called Arundel Hall which is located in the Berkshire Mountains.

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