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Books by Richard Peck
 Born in Decatur, IIlinois, Richard Peck has written over 18 novels for young readers. He is the winner of the 1990 Margaret A. Edwards Award, a prestigious award sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association in cooperation with School Library Journal; the 1990 National Council of Teachers of English/ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to young adult literature; and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award.Peck says, "I want to write novels that ask honest questions about serious issues. A novel is never an answer; it's always a question." In The Last Safe Place on Earth, Peck deals with the serious issue of censorship, and young readers will have many questions long after the close the book. |
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— B-O-T Exclusive! — Fair Weather
By Richard Peck (© 2001 -  2002 By Random House, Inc.)
Read by Estelle Parsons (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Release Date: July 12, 2005 ... (more) | ||
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Here Lies the Librarian
By Richard Peck ( 2006 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Lara Everly (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Other edition: by Random House (3 Tapes) Release Date: April 25, 2006 Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dream of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside ... (more) | ||
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Here Lies the Librarian
By Richard Peck (© 2006 - 2006 By Random House, Inc.)
Read by Lara Everly (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Other edition: Random House (3 CDs) Release Date: April 25, 2006 Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dream of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside ... (more) | ||
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A Long Way From Chicago
By Richard Peck ( 1999 Listening Library, Inc.)
Read by Ron McLarty (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Release Date: September 30, 1999 Every summer, from the time he was nine, Joey and his sister Mary Alice took the train from Chicago to spend a week with their Grandma in small town Illinois. And when they got there they never knew what to expect, because, you see, Grandma Dowdel was the scandal of the town. As a matter of fact, ... (more) | ||
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A Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories
By Richard Peck (© 1998 - 2000 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Ron McLarty (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Release Date: May 24, 2005 Every summer, from the time he was nine, Joey and his sister Mary Alice took the train from Chicago to spend a week with their Grandma in small town Illinois. And when they got there they never knew what to expect, because, you see, Grandma Dowdel was the scandal of the town. As a matter of fact, ea ... (more) | ||
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On the Wings of Heroes
By Richard Peck (© 2007 - 2007 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Lincoln Hoppe (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Release Date: March 27, 2007 Davy Bowman’s dad and brother hung the moon. Dad looks forward to Halloween more than a kid, and Davy’s brother, Bill, flies B-17s. Davy adores these two heroes and tries his best to follow their lead, especially now. World War II has invaded Davy’s homefront boyhood. ThereR ... (more) | ||
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— B-O-T Exclusive! — Past Perfect, Present Tense: New and Collected Stories
By Richard Peck (© 2004 - 2005 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Various (Amer.) Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Release Date: January 25, 2005 Though Richard Peck is best known as a novelist, he has been writing short stories—rousing, provocative, and thoroughly entertaining—throughout his career. “Priscilla and the Wimps,” his first, is perhaps the most-read children’s short story of all time. Others have ins ... (more) | ||
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The River Between Us
By Richard Peck ( 2004 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Lina Patel (Amer.) Young Readers > Young Adult Release Date: March 23, 2004 ... (more) | ||
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A Season of Gifts
By Richard Peck Young Readers > Ages 9-12 Estimated Release Date: September 22, 2009 ... (more) | ||
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The Teacher's Funeral
By Richard Peck ( 2004 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Dylan Baker (Amer.) Young Readers > Young Adult Release Date: December 7, 2004 ... (more) | ||
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A Year Down Yonder
By Richard Peck (© 2001 - 2002 Random House, Inc.)
Read by Lois Smith (Amer.) Classics > Fiction - Classics Release Date: December 10, 2002 Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel return for more astonishing, laugh-out-loud adventures when fifteen-year-old Mary Alice moves in with her spicy grandmother for the year. Her extended visit is filled with moonlit schemes, romances both foiled and founded, and a whole parade of fools made to suffer in u ... (more) | ||
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