A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver
thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long
drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the
livestock, and money for Garnet’s father. Garnet can’t help feeling
that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be
interesting and exciting in so many different ways.
There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan
who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new
barn; and the county fair at which Garnet’s carefully tended pig,
Timmy, wins a blue ribbon. Every day brings adventure of some kind
to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is
concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that
happens during this magic summer—her thimble summer.
關於作者：
Elizabeth Enright 1909-1968 was born in Oak Park,
Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her
mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political
cartoonist. Illustration was Elizabeth Enright’s original career
choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris,
France; and the Parson’s School of Design in New York City.
After creating her first book in 1937, she
developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing.
Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John
Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor
for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved titles are her
books about the Melendy family, including The Saturdays,
published in 1941.
Translated into many languages throughout
the world, Elizabeth Enright’s stories are for both the young and
the young at heart.
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