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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Bread and butter]]
* [[Bread and butter]]
==External links==
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/402 Available at Project Gutenburg]


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Penrod is arguably Booth Tarkington's most famous novel about a boy, Penrod, who is just about to turn twelve.

An excerpt from chapter XXVIII:

To be twelve is an attainment worth the struggle. A boy, just twelve, is like a Frenchman just elected to the Academy.
Distinction and honour wait upon him. Younger boys show deference to a person of twelve; his experience is guaranteed, his judgment, therefore, mellow; consequently, his influence is profound …"

Penrod is published by the Library of Indiana Classics.

See also

External links