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  • Penny Draws a First Crush (Penny Draws)

Penny Draws a First Crush
(Penny Draws)

Author
Publication Date
July 15, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Illustrated Novel
Penny Draws a First Crush (Penny Draws)

Description

The sixth book in the humorous, heartfelt, highly illustrated series about a girl who doodles to cope with her anxiety, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard.

When fifth grader Penny Lowry and her friends learn they will be attending an after-school etiquette class, it brings up a whole new wave of worries for Penny: who knew there were so many ways to make a bed improperly? Or to pass the bread the wrong way at dinner? Yikes!

Even worse, in a lesson on how to write thank-you cards, Penny receives an anonymous note from someone who clearly has a crush on her! Penny isn't ready to have a crush on anyone AT ALL. But should she be? And what about everyone else in her grade? The purpose of etiquette class is to teach kids how to behave like grown-ups. But what if Penny isn't ready to grow up yet?

It's all a lot to handle, but luckily Penny has her dog Cosmo, her friends, and her love of drawings to get her through!

Publication date
July 15, 2025
Genre
Fiction
Page Count
208
ISBN-13
9780593700341
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Series
Penny Draws
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
Library of Congress categories
Schools
Diaries
Diary fiction
Doodles
Novels
Crushes
Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series Pretty Little Liars, along with many other novels for young adults and adults. The Penny Draws series is her first one for younger readers.
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