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The People in Pineapple Place

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This book is one of the best I ever read. Set in Georgetown in the 1980s, August Brown is the main character. He is unhappy because his parents got a divorce, and he is being forced to go to Georgetown with his mother. He has nothing to do until he meets April Anderson, a girl his age (about ten) who lives in the alley Pineapple Place that seemingly nobody but August, April, the other children who live on Pineapple Place, and a bag lady named Mrs. Pettylittle. In fact, April tells him that she is fifty-nine. Her street was moved by the eccentric Mr. Sweeny at the beginning of WWII because he was convinced that the place they were living was going to be bombed. Now she and the street move around and the children can't be seen or heard in the present time except by special people and when they go back to their own time. This is a marvelous book for all ages, it should be in print, and I think everyone should read it.

The book is about a boy who moves from Vermont because his parents have divorced. In his new town he doesn't have any friends, until he sees a street that begins on P Street that is invisible to almost everyone but him. The people who live on this street are very nice. At the beginning the book was a little boring, but when you got to the middle it started getting exciting and I could not put it down. Towards the end, the book was exciting and a little sad. The ending was happy and sad at the same time, depending upon who you are thinking about. My favorite part of the book was when there was a party in Pineapple Place and August gave strange gifts to each person living in Pineapple Place.

I received this book from an uncle at my Bat Mitzvah in 1983. I couldn't understand why he gave it to me. Then I read it and understood. This book is fabulous. When I became a teacher, this book was always the first "read-aloud" book of the year. No matter how old they were, they could never get enough of it! I even had kids writing stories of their own based on this book, taking the characters to new places! It is one of the best books about friendship that I have ever read.

People in Pinnapple Place is one of those books that I just pulled off the shelf. There isn't many good books like that, but this was just one of them. It's about eight invisible people who only few people can see. The leader of the crews name is April. The little boy who had moved from Vermont to Washington can see them all and his mother can't. Neither can most people, so when he talks about them people think he is crazy. This is now my favorite book. Now what are you doing reading on the computer when you could be reading this book. Get off your bottom and read this book from cover to cover. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!.

I absolutely LOVE this book!! I am 23, in graduate school, and have read TONS of books, but this is by far my favorite book!! Every book I have read does not compare to People in Pineapple Place! I first read it in 5th grade and then picked it up again last year and completely fell in love with it. This is a great book to read and own whether you are 10 or 50 years old. I fell in love with this book.

Wonderful story for any elementary school age child who lives in the Washington, DC area. The story takes place in Georgetown with a trolly ride to Glen Echo.

This is one of Anne Spencer Lindbergh's most exciting novels. For any kid who has ever crawled to the back of a coat closet, hoping in vain that a portal to Narnia would suddenly appear, this is the novel that will get you out of the house and into the streets of your neighborhood, keeping up your quest. The idea (a recurring one in Lindbergh's excellent and hilarious stories) that August Brown, a not-so-perfect child living a not-so-perfect life, can stumble upon magic in the middle of all the unrelieved boredom of modern life is incredibly appealing. That the people who live in Pineapple Place are only visible to August Brown does not make them any less real and the knowledge that even those who live magical lives have troubles which an unmagical friend can help to solve is an incredible lesson. The writers Edward Eager and C.S. Lewis would be proud of their legacy continued in such a fun, contemporary context. Visit Pineapple Place today!

This book was first read to me by my fourth grade teacher and I instantly fell in love with it...I have read this book several times and needless to say I love it more and more everytime I read it... I think it is a great book that helps kids cope with issues that have become so common in our world today. I will graduate from college next year to become a teacher and will read this book to my students and hope that they will enjoy it just as much as I did when my teacher read it to me.

This book is great! I think that Anne (NOT MORROW) Lindbergh's books are way too out-of-print and that Amazon (hint, hint)should start getting more copies. It's about a group of families who can't leave the street where they live. They don't age and have been traveling since 1939. They are invisible to ordinary people. A boy 'sees'one of them and is invited to stay in Pineapple Place. But the founder of Pineapple Place, Mr. Sweeney, puts his foot down...