The Willoughbys Return
- Publisher : HarperCollins
- Publishing year : September 2023
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9780063376076
- Imprint : HMH
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
Although they grew up as the wretched orphans they always imagined themselves to be, the Willoughby siblings also became ...
Although they grew up as the wretched orphans they always imagined themselves to be, the Willoughby siblings also became heirs to the the Melanoff candy company.Everything has turned out just splendidly, except for one problem: Richie Willoughby, son of Timothy Willoughby, is an only child and is quite lonely.
Winifred and Winston Poore have long admired the toys of their neighbor Richie Willoughby. However, with their father selling decades-out-of-date encyclopedias door to door in Alaska, their only hope for such largess is to finally befriend the mysterious boy next door. But just as Richie finally begins to make friends to share his possessions with, selling sweets is made illegal, and the family's fortune is put in jeopardy. To make matters worse, his horrible Willoughby grandparents—frozen atop a Swiss mountain thirty years ago—have thawed, remain in perfect health, and are making their way home again.
LOIS LOWRY, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars,was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and a raise a family. She settled in Maine, and returned to college receiving a degree from the University of Southern Maine. She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s.
