Penny Lane was so named because her father loved the Beatles. He and her Mom have separated and she has had to leave New York City to live in Hog's Hollow, which she hates, especially when she discovers that she will be going to school there. Her Mom operates a bakery named The Cupcake Queen. Penny designs and decorates cupcakes and wishes that her Mom would talk to her about the separation. After a disaster at Charity's birthday party, Charity becomes Penny's sworn enemy and instigates cruel locker pranks and gossip. Penny is befriended by Tally, Blake, and Marcus. Both Tally's Mom and Dad have abandoned her and she lives with her artistic Aunt Poppy. Marcus's Mom died in a boating accident and Penny meets him and Sam, his dog, while walking the beach. Marcus's Dad, Mr. Fish, was lost after the death of his wife, but is starting to find himself as he creates the solar system to honor his dead wife. Penny decides to live with her Mom in Hog's Hollow and wins the contest to design the float.
2011 Truman Award Nominee
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