Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664320
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
It's Halloween, 1914. Teenage psychic Blossom Culp sneaks into the house where the rest of her class is having a party-and that's when everything goes haywire. Suddenly Blossom is hurled into a time warp. Her psychic powers have found a way to send her into the future-our time. But will they be able to send her back?
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664320
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
It's Halloween, 1914. Teenage psychic Blossom Culp sneaks into the house where the rest of her class is having a party-and that's when everything goes haywire. Suddenly Blossom is hurled into a time warp. Her psychic powers have found a way to send her into the future-our time. But will they be able to send her back?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664320
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
It's Halloween, 1914. Teenage psychic Blossom Culp sneaks into the house where the rest of her class is having a party-and that's when everything goes haywire. Suddenly Blossom is hurled into a time warp. Her psychic powers have found a way to send her into the future-our time. But will they be able to send her back?
Ghosts I Have Been
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664355
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Upon discovering that she has the gift of Second Sight, Blossom also learns that whether glimpsing the future or traveling into the past, one is powerless to alter history.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664355
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Upon discovering that she has the gift of Second Sight, Blossom also learns that whether glimpsing the future or traveling into the past, one is powerless to alter history.
Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 9780440406761
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Blossom, high school freshman and possessor of "second sight," helps an Egyptian princess, dead for 3500 years, to regain her tomb, and in addition saves a suffragette school teacher from losing her job in 1914.
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 9780440406761
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Blossom, high school freshman and possessor of "second sight," helps an Egyptian princess, dead for 3500 years, to regain her tomb, and in addition saves a suffragette school teacher from losing her job in 1914.
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101174358
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Josh Lewis' best friend, Aaron Zimmer, has turned his computer into a wish-granting machine. It ought to be every techno-addict's dream, but there are a few bugs in the system. Nobody knows when the computer will interactivate next--and it doesn't just grant Josh and Aaron's wishes. In fact, Aaron's mom's poodle seems to eb doing some of the wishing, too. When a mysterious spy called The Watcher starts monitoring their every move in cyberspace, the real trouble begins in this compelling story from Newbery medal-winning author Richard Peck. "A guaranteed fun, faced-paced adventure."--School Library Journal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101174358
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Josh Lewis' best friend, Aaron Zimmer, has turned his computer into a wish-granting machine. It ought to be every techno-addict's dream, but there are a few bugs in the system. Nobody knows when the computer will interactivate next--and it doesn't just grant Josh and Aaron's wishes. In fact, Aaron's mom's poodle seems to eb doing some of the wishing, too. When a mysterious spy called The Watcher starts monitoring their every move in cyberspace, the real trouble begins in this compelling story from Newbery medal-winning author Richard Peck. "A guaranteed fun, faced-paced adventure."--School Library Journal
A Long Way From Chicago
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0141303522
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0141303522
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Fair Weather
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142500348
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair! Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142500348
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair! Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life.
Past Perfect, Present Tense
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Compiled for the first time, here are all of Newbery Award– winning author Richard Peck’s previously published short stories and two brand-new ones. From comedy to tragedy to historical to contemporary; from "Priscilla and the Wimps," Peck’s first short story, to "Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night Above Ground," which inspired both A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder, to "The Electric Summer," Peck’s jumping-off point for Fair Weather, readers will thrill at Peck’s engaging short fiction. Complete with the author’s own notes on the stories as well as tips and hints for aspiring writers and two new stories, this vibrant and varied collection offers something for everyone.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Compiled for the first time, here are all of Newbery Award– winning author Richard Peck’s previously published short stories and two brand-new ones. From comedy to tragedy to historical to contemporary; from "Priscilla and the Wimps," Peck’s first short story, to "Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night Above Ground," which inspired both A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder, to "The Electric Summer," Peck’s jumping-off point for Fair Weather, readers will thrill at Peck’s engaging short fiction. Complete with the author’s own notes on the stories as well as tips and hints for aspiring writers and two new stories, this vibrant and varied collection offers something for everyone.
The River Between Us
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0142403105
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0142403105
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.
Amanda/Miranda
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664371
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Intrigue, romance, and scheming aboard the Titanic This updated edition of the popular Richard Peck novel, available in time to commemorate the anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage in 1912, starts with a chilling prophecy. When Miranda begins her position as maid-servant to the glamorous and selfish Amanda Whitwell, Amanda wastes no time in using Miranda to suit her own cruel purposes. Miranda becomes the lynchpin to a plot that Amanda devises to marry an American who can maintain her lavish lifestyle, but also keeps the rogue she loves close at hand. However, destiny intervenes, and they board the ill-fated Titanic. This story has all of the romance, glamour, intrigue, and tragedy of the Titanic but ends, satisfyingly, with redemption and forgiveness.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664371
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Intrigue, romance, and scheming aboard the Titanic This updated edition of the popular Richard Peck novel, available in time to commemorate the anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage in 1912, starts with a chilling prophecy. When Miranda begins her position as maid-servant to the glamorous and selfish Amanda Whitwell, Amanda wastes no time in using Miranda to suit her own cruel purposes. Miranda becomes the lynchpin to a plot that Amanda devises to marry an American who can maintain her lavish lifestyle, but also keeps the rogue she loves close at hand. However, destiny intervenes, and they board the ill-fated Titanic. This story has all of the romance, glamour, intrigue, and tragedy of the Titanic but ends, satisfyingly, with redemption and forgiveness.
The Dragon at the North Pole
Author: Kate Klimo
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375870660
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Using magic snowshoes, cousins Jesse and Daisy travel to the North Pole to retrieve their pet dragon.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375870660
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Using magic snowshoes, cousins Jesse and Daisy travel to the North Pole to retrieve their pet dragon.