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Ages 8-12 • Intermediate Independent Reads<br />
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148<br />
Richard Peck<br />
FAIR WEATHER<br />
“After spinning two yarns about city<br />
kids having madcap adventures in the<br />
country… Peck plays the flip side here,<br />
hilariously relating what happens when<br />
three farm children take on the 1893<br />
Chicago World’s Fair…Peck’s unforgettable<br />
characters, cunning dialogue and<br />
fast-paced action will keep readers of all<br />
ages in stitches as he captures a colorful<br />
chapter in American history.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BLH, C, HH K, PW, SLJH, V, WP<br />
5 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2003<br />
978-0-14-250034-7 $5.99<br />
THE GREAT INTERACTIVE<br />
DREAM MACHINE<br />
Josh and Aaron discover a way to turn<br />
Aaron’s computer into a wish-granting<br />
machine, but it has a few bugs in<br />
the system. Nobody knows when the<br />
computer will interactivate next! When a<br />
mysterious spy called The Watcher starts<br />
monitoring the boys’ every move in cyberspace,<br />
the trouble begins.... “Humor,<br />
fantasy, science fiction, and even a touch<br />
of mystery all cleverly combine to make<br />
this book a guaranteed fun, fast-paced<br />
adventure.” —School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, C, K, PW, SLJ, TE, W<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 1998<br />
978-0-14-038264-8 $5.99<br />
HERE LIES THE LIBRARIAN ❖<br />
With its quirky characters, and hilariously<br />
larger-than-life moments, Here Lies the<br />
Librarian is vintage Richard Peck “Kids<br />
will love the fast-paced action and librarians<br />
will guffaw over all the library puns”<br />
—School Library JournalH<br />
Rec: K, PW, SLJH<br />
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240908-4 $6.99<br />
A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO<br />
A Novel in Stories<br />
“Using life in a Depression-era small<br />
town as the backdrop, Peck regales us<br />
with seven thoroughly entertaining stories<br />
featuring larger-than-life Grandma<br />
Dowdel....Peck’s skill as a stylist, his ear<br />
for dialogue, and his sense of drama, are<br />
all in evidence here.” —The Horn BookH<br />
“A rollicking celebration...Perfect for<br />
reading aloud and a great choice for family<br />
sharing.” —School Library JournalH<br />
Rec: BLH, BL, C, CE, HH KH, KA, PW, SLJH, TK, V<br />
Newbery Honor<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-14-130352-9 $6.99<br />
Puffin Modern Classic<br />
5 x 7 160 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240110-1 $6.99<br />
LOST IN CYBERSPACE<br />
Meet Josh Lewis, a sixth-grader at the<br />
elite Huckley School. When his best<br />
friend, Aaron, announces that he can<br />
time travel with his computer, Josh<br />
isn’t fazed. But when Aaron actually<br />
microprocesses himself into cyberspace,<br />
the duo must deal with unexpected visitors<br />
from the past—and find out more<br />
about Huckley’s history than they ever<br />
wanted to know! “Who says that humor<br />
and science fiction don’t mix? Peck pulls<br />
together threads from these and several<br />
other genres to weave his own pattern of<br />
adventure and comic relief.” —BooklistH<br />
Rec: BLH, C, K, PW, SLJ, W<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-14-037856-6 $5.99<br />
PAST PERFECT, PRESENT TENSE<br />
New and Collected Stories<br />
“What’s wonderful about this title is<br />
not only the quality of the writing, but<br />
also the additional information it offers<br />
about the craft and the author…. Almost<br />
every [story] is a superb read-aloud and<br />
the humor is enjoyable for high school<br />
as well as middle school students. Peck’s<br />
messages that ‘Nobody but a reader ever<br />
became a writer’ and the importance of<br />
reading should be copied and placed on<br />
every English class bulletin board.”<br />
—School Library JournalH<br />
Rec: BL, H, K, SLJH<br />
5 1/16 x 7 7/8 192 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240537-6 $6.99<br />
THE TEACHER’S FUNERAL<br />
Now that Russell’s teacher has passed<br />
away, maybe Hominy Ridge School will<br />
close for good and he can set out for<br />
the endless skies of the Dakotas to join<br />
a team of harvesters working the new<br />
1904 all-steel threshing machines. No<br />
such luck. Russell and his schoolmates<br />
are about to be ruled by a new teacher<br />
who is Russell’s worst nightmare—his<br />
sister. “Another gem from Peck!”<br />
—School Library JournalH<br />
Rec: BLH, C, HH KH, PW, SLJH, V<br />
5 1/2 x 7 7/8 224 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240507-9 $6.99<br />
A YEAR DOWN YONDER<br />
“In this hilarious and poignant sequel to<br />
A Long Way from Chicago…Mary Alice<br />
has been sentenced to a year-long stay in<br />
rural Illinois with her irrepressible, rough<br />
and gruff grandmother....She becomes<br />
Grandma’s partner in crime.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BLH, C, H, K, SLJH, PW<br />
Newbery Medal<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 2002<br />
978-0-14-230070-1 $6.99<br />
See index for more titles by Richard Peck.
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