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Acting Out1 review
Avi, Sharon Creech, ...

Atheneum, 2008

Courtesy of Teens Read Too
What happens when you ask six Newbery Award winners to write one-act plays? Well, you get a book like ACTING OUT, and you get the potential for a lot of fun. Award-winning authors Avi, Susan Cooper, Sharon Creech, Patricia MacLachlan, Katherine Paterson, and Richard Peck were asked to write one-act plays. They were given the freedom to write about anything, but there was one catch. Each ... 		  
  







  
  
Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young2 reviews
Richard Peck

Dial, 2002

Every Teacher and Writer Should Read This
I am an undergraduate English major with a passion for children's literature and young adult literature (which drives a few of my current professors crazy). What an amazing experience it was to pick up this non-fiction work by Richard Peck that details Peck's own passion for America's youth and his way of reaching out to them through his outstanding (I was already a fan of Peck's work) novels. ... 		  
  







  
  
Past Perfect, Present Tense: New and Collected Stories2 reviews
Richard Peck, 2004

Irresistable
A grandmother plays a practical joke while sitting with the dead. A farm girl tastes her future at the 1904 World's Fair. A "purr-fect" mastermind bests bullies. Ghosts tell us their secrets. People are frequently (and shockingly) not who you believe them to be. Richard Peck is well known for his novels, including "A Long Way from Chicago" and "A Year Down Yonder" (which won the 1999 Newbery ... 		  
  







  
  
Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World1 review

The Delacorte Press, 1971

This was a fantastic book! I loved it
I'm not really much of a poetry reader, but I read everything in this book at least twice. From the tender poems like "Fueled" to the wonderful irony in "The World is a Beautiful Place" to the sheer morbid wackiness of "Cocaine Lil" there wasn't anything I didn't love. Richard Peck also did a fantastic job on the introduction, and it's almost worth buying the book just to read the ... 		  
  







  
  
Edge of Awareness1 review
Richard Peck

Laurel Leaf, 1966

Outstanding collection of personal and social experiences
This book was given to me many years ago by my mother for a birthday present. Throughout the years I have returned to this small book to re-read its enjoyable essays about the meaning of self, society, science, and the meaning of it all. Its authors range from Jack Kerouac to Margaret Mead to Adlai E. Stevenson to Arthur C. Clarke. Its broad catagories are divided into "Defining Oneself and ... 		  
  







  
  
The Ghost Belonged to Me12 reviews
Richard Peck

Puffin, 1997

An Enchanting Tale
Blossom Culpıs mother was born with a caul over her face, meaning she has the second sight. She sees a pink halo over Alexander Armsworthıs barn and confides in her daughter that Alexander has the ability to help the spirit trapped there. Blossom was known was making up stories, still out of curiosity, Alexander explores the barn and finds a hurt little dog. That night he sees candlelight in ... 		  
  







  
  
Princess Ashley7 reviews
Richard Peck

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1987

Princess Ashley
Chelsea Olinger moved to a new school as a sophomore, with the intentions of getting by unnoticed. It became nearly impossible when she met a girl named Ashley Packard, who she believed to be the most amazing person she had ever come across. Chelsea admired everything about her, and wanted to be just like her. Maybe a little bit too much like her. Chelsea's mother tried to warn her that ... 		  
  







  
  
The Great Wheel1 review
Robert Lawson

Walker Books for Young Readers, 2004

An Entertaining Book for All Ages
This interesting book centers around the construction of the original Ferris Wheel, built for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It shows that America is unique in its freedom and opportunity for hard-working people from many different nations. I have read this book several times and have found it to be well-written and well-illustrated. I would recommend it for all ages. 		  
  







  
  
A Long Way From Chicago2 reviews
Richard Peck

Scholastic, Inc., 1998

A Long Way from Chicago
This is a novel in stories written by Richard Peck. This book is written in the first person by a boy named Joey Dowdel. The novel is made up of eight different stories written by Joey during different periods of his life starting in 1929. The last story titled "Troop Train" is written in 1942. Most of the stories are about the what happens during summer visits to his grandma's house with his ... 		  
  







  
  
Dead Pawn2 reviews
Richard E. Peck

University of New Mexico Press, 2004

Worthy of the Best of Elmore Leonard
Dead Pawn is New Mexico author Richard E. Peck's initial entry into crime fiction, in fact, into the genre of the caper novel. Not a light-hearted one like Donald Westlake writes, but more reminiscent of Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, Rum Punch, and many others). Don't be fooled by the title. It has nothing to do with chess, but refers to the most valuable pieces of Indian jewelry, unclaimed ... 		  
  







  
  
New York Time1 review
Richard Peck

Delacorte Pr, 1981

Contents:
At 38, Barbara Renfrew has a pretty good life. Back in college she had the foresight to marry the Boy Most Likely to Succeed and he did. Now they have settled down in a perfectly serviceable marriage in a center-hall colonial on Chicago's North Shore. In fact, Barbara's grown a touch smug in the sort of suburb where the crabgrass has long since been subdued by pachysandra. About the only thing ... 		  
  







  
  
Ghosts I Have Been27 reviews
Richard Peck

Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999

Peck At His Best
Fourteen year old Blossom Culp lives in a small town in 1913 with her eccentric mother and a penchant for getting into troubles and adventures. When she discovers that she has a sixth sense, Blossom uses her gift to help a few local citizens and things proceed merrily until she has a crushing vision of the sinking of the Titanic a year earlier. Fame and fortune brought on by the revelation of ... 		  
  







  
  
A Long Way from Chicago178 reviews
Richard Peck

Topeka Bindery, 2001

Read A Long Way from Chicago Today!
I just read the book A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. The book is the forerunner to A Year Down Yonder. This book is about a boy named Joey who, along with his sister, visit their grandmother every summer. This is a very interesting book because each chapter is telling a different story from a different summer. There are eight chapters and each one is from a different year. My ... 		  
  







  
  
Something for Joey25 reviews
Richard Peck

Demco Media, 1990

One of my favorites
I love this book! I have read it so many times, my book has fallen apart, and I have had to purchase a new one. This book is such a touching story about courage and the love between siblings. I am a football fan which does help, but even those who don't understand the game of football, can understand this story of compassion and selfless giving. I don't care how many times I read this book, I cry ... 		  
  







  
  
London Holiday16 reviews
Richard Peck

Thorndike Press, 1998

Likeable and entertaining
I found "London Holiday " to be a light, quick and totally delightful read. Mrs Smith-Porter is a woman who has reinvented herself and has learned by experience, the ins and outs of the antique business.She runs a very up-market Bed and Breakfast establishment in one of the better parts of London.Three old school friends , Julia a very successful interior designer, Les, a St.Louis society matron ... 		  
  







  
  
This Family of Women1 review
Richard Peck

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983

This is one of best historical novels I have read in a LONG
This novel which spans 100 years (ca. 1840 to 1940)was a hard book for this occasional reader to put down! Besides an amazing story, you get the ambiance of each period in history that the characters live through. An excellent read! 		  
  







  
  
On The Wings of Heroes10 reviews
Richard Peck

Dial, 2007

Entertaining
Davy Bowman is growing up during WWII in Illinois and must deal with the changes going on around him. His brother, a pilot trainee joins up... his father, a WWI vet owns the local gas station and they are expected to ration food, rubber, gas, and other precious staples. He and his best friend travel around on their bikes savaging metal for the war effort. This was an entertaining (and ... 		  
  







  
  
Year Down Yonder151 reviews
Richard Peck

Topeka Bindery, 2003

A Year Down Yonder
While this is a sequel to A Long Way from Chicago, it can easily be read and enjoyed on its own. Richard Peck writes the adventures of Mary Alice, spending a year away from her home in depression-era Chicago at her grandmother's house in the country. While grandma Dowdel is gruff and no-nonsense, she soon enlists Mary Alice in her schemes to influence neighbors - some who are friends, some who ... 		  
  







  
  
Lost in Cyberspace8 reviews
Richard Peck, B. Steadman

Dial, 1995

You should really read this book!
I am a person that is very into computers and time travel, but there arn't very many out there. Thats why I thought this book would be an exelent book for someone who really likes computers and time travel. You should try it! 		  
  







  
  
Remembering the Good Times12 reviews
Richard Peck

Laurel Leaf, 1986

Best Flippen BOOK EVER
Back in 03 I picked this book called "Remembering The Good Times", at first I didn't think much of it,I needed A.R. points fast.I hate to read books, but this changed my prospective. I couldn't put this book down, it only took me 4 days to read.Now I love SOME books, GO READ IT TODAY 		  
  







  




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