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author spotlight
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... Read More
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Something for Joey
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1983
Price: $6.50
Together, they won college football's highest award.
This is a true, memorable, compassionate story of courage and love between two brothers. In 1973, while John Cappelletti was winning the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player in America, his younger brother Joey was suffering from leukemia. But John, now a running... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1983
Price: $6.50
Together, they won college football's highest award.
This is a true, memorable, compassionate story of courage and love between two brothers. In 1973, while John Cappelletti was winning the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player in America, his younger brother Joey was suffering from leukemia. But John, now a running... Read more >
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A Year Down Yonder
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $14.99
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 unusual (and always hilarious)... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $14.99
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 unusual (and always hilarious)... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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A Season of Gifts
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
One of the most adored children’s book characters of all time is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Medal—winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor—winning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isn’t over–not even close.
It is now 1958, and a... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
One of the most adored children’s book characters of all time is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Medal—winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor—winning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isn’t over–not even close.
It is now 1958, and a... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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A Long Way from Chicago
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $19.95
What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?
August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $19.95
What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?
August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and... Read more >
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Here Lies the Librarian
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $27.00
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... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $27.00
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Remembering the Good Times
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1986
Price: $5.99
How well do we know our best friends?
They were the best of friends. Sixteen-year-old Buck Mendenhall first met Kate Lucas the summer before seventh grade. In eighth grade they made friends with the brilliant and wealthy newcomer, Trav Kirby.
They didn't seem to need anyone else. Mostly they looked forward to the good times shared at Kate's house. it... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1986
Price: $5.99
How well do we know our best friends?
They were the best of friends. Sixteen-year-old Buck Mendenhall first met Kate Lucas the summer before seventh grade. In eighth grade they made friends with the brilliant and wealthy newcomer, Trav Kirby.
They didn't seem to need anyone else. Mostly they looked forward to the good times shared at Kate's house. it... Read more >
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On the Wings of Heroes
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $27.00
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. There’s an air raid drill... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $27.00
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. There’s an air raid drill... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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The Teacher's Funeral
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $25.00
“If your teacher has to die, August isn’t a bad time of year for it,” says Russell Culver, fifteen, who’s raring to light out for the endless skies of the Dakotas to join a team of harvesters working the new 1904 all-steel threshing machines. School’s only standing in the way of... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $25.00
“If your teacher has to die, August isn’t a bad time of year for it,” says Russell Culver, fifteen, who’s raring to light out for the endless skies of the Dakotas to join a team of harvesters working the new 1904 all-steel threshing machines. School’s only standing in the way of... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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The River Between Us
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $30.00
Richard Peck is a master of stories about people in transition, but perhaps never before has he told a tale of such dramatic change as this one, set during the first year of the Civil War. The whole country is changing in 1861-even the folks from a muddy little Illinois settlement... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $30.00
Richard Peck is a master of stories about people in transition, but perhaps never before has he told a tale of such dramatic change as this one, set during the first year of the Civil War. The whole country is changing in 1861-even the folks from a muddy little Illinois settlement... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Past Perfect, Present Tense
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $15.95
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 inspired his award-winning novels: A Long Way from Chicago and A Year... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $15.95
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 inspired his award-winning novels: A Long Way from Chicago and A Year... Read more >
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A Long Way From Chicago
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $9.98
What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?
August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $9.98
What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?
August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and... Read more >
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Here Lies the Librarian
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $13.50
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... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $13.50
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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On the Wings of Heroes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $13.50
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. There’s an air raid drill... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $13.50
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. There’s an air raid drill... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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A Year Down Yonder
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $9.00
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 unusual (and always hilarious)... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $9.00
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 unusual (and always hilarious)... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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A Season of Gifts
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $13.00
One of the most adored children’s book characters of all time is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Medal—winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor—winning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isn’t over–not even close.
It is now 1958, and a... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $13.00
One of the most adored children’s book characters of all time is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Medal—winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor—winning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isn’t over–not even close.
It is now 1958, and a... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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Fair Weather
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 26, 2002
Price: $12.95
In his celebrated novels A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck carried us happily back to the Midwest of the 1930's. Now he's ready to transport us all the way back to 1893, to the Chicago World's Fair and its breathtaking mix of personalities and glimpses... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 26, 2002
Price: $12.95
In his celebrated novels A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck carried us happily back to the Midwest of the 1930's. Now he's ready to transport us all the way back to 1893, to the Chicago World's Fair and its breathtaking mix of personalities and glimpses... Read more >
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The River Between Us
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 23, 2004
Price: $14.95
Richard Peck is a master of stories about people in transition, but perhaps never before has he told a tale of such dramatic change as this one, set during the first year of the Civil War. The whole country is changing in 1861-even the folks from a muddy little Illinois settlement... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 23, 2004
Price: $14.95
Richard Peck is a master of stories about people in transition, but perhaps never before has he told a tale of such dramatic change as this one, set during the first year of the Civil War. The whole country is changing in 1861-even the folks from a muddy little Illinois settlement... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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The Teacher's Funeral
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $12.50
The year is 1904, and Russell is 15. Though he dreams of leaving small-town Indiana to become part of a large farm crew in the Dakotas, he's forced to stay in school, where his sister Tansy has just become the new teacher. Through the autumn, Russell observes the strange goings-on in... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $12.50
The year is 1904, and Russell is 15. Though he dreams of leaving small-town Indiana to become part of a large farm crew in the Dakotas, he's forced to stay in school, where his sister Tansy has just become the new teacher. Through the autumn, Russell observes the strange goings-on in... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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