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Peck, Richard

The Teacher's Funeral

Richard Peck

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhous

Don't Look and It Won't Hurt

Richard Peck

in memory of Eleanor K. Embt., A teenage girl struggles to understand her place within her family and in the world.

A Year Down Yonder

Richard Peck

A Long Way From Chicago

Richard Peck

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

A Year Down Yonder

Richard Peck

During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.

Voices After Midnight

Richard Peck

Living in New York City during the summer, Chad and Luke uncover a mystery involving the former tenants of their house by going back to the year 1888.

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Remembering the Good Times

Richard Peck

Trav, Kate, and Buck make up a trio during their freshman year in high school, but their friendship may not be enough to save Trav as he pressures himself to succeed.

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Ghosts I Have Been

Richard Peck

Blossom Culp's gift of second sight, which she discovers gradually, leads her into some unusual adventures.

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Love and Death at the Mall

Richard Peck

Part personal odyssey, part lierary history, Love and Death at the Mall takes a searching look at coming of age in a country still coming of age.

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Are You in the House Alone?

Richard Peck

As the recipient of threatening, obscene notes and phone calls, a high school girl becomes terrifyingly aware that she is under constant observation by a psychotic.

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