A woman who is living with metastatic breast cancer pens a tribute to a late friend and fellow patient, Penny, who continues to send her signs that help her keep going. Every time I find a penny on ...

In their day, they added up to cover lots of purchases. But those days, like penny candy, are far in the past.

A youthful voice serves Sealey well as narrator of this offbeat period piece chronicling the colorful experiences of 11-year-old Penny Falucci during the summer of 1953. Penny plans to have a dream ...

My father had a thing about coins. He searched for them, hoarded them and requested certain ones when he went to the bank. Dad told me his attraction to coins started back in the days when he didn’t ...

Newbery Honor author Holm (Our Only May Amelia) conjures a nostalgic 1953 New Jersey summer in this novel with a plucky 11-year-old narrator at its center. Penny divides her time between two extremes: ...

I don’t do these kinds of appreciations with any consistency, but I was reminiscing just the other day about one of my favorite piece of weird television, the British miniseries, “Pennies From Heaven, ...

Eleven-year-old Penny Falucci lives in New Jersey with her mom and grandparents. Her dad died when she was a baby, but his big, loving Italian family tries to make up for his loss. Penny's mom wants ...