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| Author | Eleanor Estes |
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| Illustrator | Eleanor Estes |
| Cover artist | Arthur Howard |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace & World |
| Publication date | 1951 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 306 pp |
| ISBN | 0-590-45126-X |
| Followed by | Pinky Pye |
Ginger Pye is a book by Eleanor Estes, originally published in 1951. Ginger Pye won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1952.
Plot summary
The book is about a puppy named Ginger Pye. Jerry Pye, a little boy resident in Cranbury, Connecticut in the 1920's, bought a puppy he wanted from Ms. Speedy for a hard-earned dollar he made while dusting the pews in the church. Jerry was pleased with the puppy and headed home. On the way home, Jerry and his sister Rachel heard footsteps behind them. When they turned back, they did not see anything. Jerry decided that if anyone was following them, then that follower was after his dog. Later on Thanksgiving day, the dog, who the Pyes named Ginger, was missing. Jerry and his sister Rachel tried to find him, but could not. The Pyes--as well as other children Jerry and Rachel knew--spent almost every day looking for Ginger. They travel all over the town of Cranbury trying to find their lost little puppy. It was about ten months later when Uncle Bennie, who was only three years old, and Gramma found Ginger when the dog escaped from the yard of the Bullwinkle's. The Pyes found out that Wally Bullwinkle, a child in Jerry's class, was Ginger's kidnapper.
| Preceded by Amos Fortune, Free Man |
Newbery Medal recipient 1952 |
Succeeded by Secret of the Andes |
