Penrod

Booth Tarkington’s comic portrait of Midwestern boyhood follows Penrod Schofield through pranks, friendships, and social embarrassment.

At a glance Penrod is Booth Tarkington’s lively, episodic portrait of American boyhood before the… Rather than following a single dramatic plot, the book accumulates force through scene… Why read Penrod today? Tarkington is exceptionally good at the rhythms of childhood: the private codes of…

Reading with historical context

About this book Penrod Schofield’s comic adventures capture the vanity, imagination, cruelty, loyalty, and improvisational energy of American boyhood.