Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307574512
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307574512
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307574512
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
A Part of the Sky
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307574369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Robert Newton Peck's bestselling classic, A Day No Pigs Would Die, here is the eagerly anticipated sequel. This must for schools, libraries, and summer reading lists is now available for the first time in paperback. Times are difficult during the Great Depression, and thirteen-year-old Rob Peck must struggle to keep his family together after the death of his father. Disaster after disaster strikes and the family is forced to sell their farm. Relying solely on their strong Shaker faith and close family ties, the Pecks finally prevail and young Rob learns that true wealth extends beyond money and that real values are priceless.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307574369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Robert Newton Peck's bestselling classic, A Day No Pigs Would Die, here is the eagerly anticipated sequel. This must for schools, libraries, and summer reading lists is now available for the first time in paperback. Times are difficult during the Great Depression, and thirteen-year-old Rob Peck must struggle to keep his family together after the death of his father. Disaster after disaster strikes and the family is forced to sell their farm. Relying solely on their strong Shaker faith and close family ties, the Pecks finally prevail and young Rob learns that true wealth extends beyond money and that real values are priceless.
Patooie
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394835808
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A bishop's wife and a used-car salesman compete in a watermelon seed-spitting contest.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394835808
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A bishop's wife and a used-car salesman compete in a watermelon seed-spitting contest.
Weeds in Bloom
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307549119
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
With over 65 books published, including the breathtaking (and somewhat autobiographical) A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck has enjoyed an illustrious writing career. Now, in an autobiography as unique as he is, Peck tells his story through the people in his life. From his roots as a poor Vermont farmer’s son to his years as a soldier in World War II, from his time slogging away in a paper mill to his semi-retirement in Florida, Peck shows us people who too often go unseen and unheard–the country’s poor and uneducated. “For decades, I’ve examined the autobiographies of my fellow authors. Bah! Many could have been titled And Then I Wrote . . . So instead of my life and lit, here is the unusual, a tarnished treasury of plain people who enriched me, taught me virtues, and helped me hold a mite of manhood. They’re not fancy folk, so please expect no long-stemmed roses from a florist. They are, instead, the unarranged flora that I’ve handpicked from God’s greenhouse . . . weeds in bloom.” From the Hardcover edition.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307549119
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
With over 65 books published, including the breathtaking (and somewhat autobiographical) A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck has enjoyed an illustrious writing career. Now, in an autobiography as unique as he is, Peck tells his story through the people in his life. From his roots as a poor Vermont farmer’s son to his years as a soldier in World War II, from his time slogging away in a paper mill to his semi-retirement in Florida, Peck shows us people who too often go unseen and unheard–the country’s poor and uneducated. “For decades, I’ve examined the autobiographies of my fellow authors. Bah! Many could have been titled And Then I Wrote . . . So instead of my life and lit, here is the unusual, a tarnished treasury of plain people who enriched me, taught me virtues, and helped me hold a mite of manhood. They’re not fancy folk, so please expect no long-stemmed roses from a florist. They are, instead, the unarranged flora that I’ve handpicked from God’s greenhouse . . . weeds in bloom.” From the Hardcover edition.
Cowboy Ghost
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780064472289
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Tee sets off on a grueling cattle drive up through the Florida wilderness of the 1920s in order to prove to his father that he is just as talented a rider as his older brother Micah. Reprint.
Publisher: HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780064472289
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Tee sets off on a grueling cattle drive up through the Florida wilderness of the 1920s in order to prove to his father that he is just as talented a rider as his older brother Micah. Reprint.
Horse Thief
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064410757
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In 1938, with the help of a doctor and her elderly, horse-thieving father, a seventeen-year-old orphan steals thirteen horses from Chickalookee, Florida's doomed rodeo and finds a family in the process.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064410757
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In 1938, with the help of a doctor and her elderly, horse-thieving father, a seventeen-year-old orphan steals thirteen horses from Chickalookee, Florida's doomed rodeo and finds a family in the process.
Extra Innings
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064472299
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
After an airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate finds unexpected solace in the stories of his great-aunt Vidalia's childhood travels with a Depression-era Negro League baseball team.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064472299
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
After an airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate finds unexpected solace in the stories of his great-aunt Vidalia's childhood travels with a Depression-era Negro League baseball team.
Bro
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060529768
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Tugwell Dockery hasn't spoken since the horrific events that unfolded one afternoon six years ago at his grand-father's ranch. Now he's back there, newly orphaned, living with his grandfather and gutsy great-aunt. The only person who understands him is his brother, Broda Joe. But Broda Joe's in jail, and Tug hasn't seen him in two years. Now, more than ever, Tug needs Bro, but their reunion will cost them more than they ever expected.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060529768
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Tugwell Dockery hasn't spoken since the horrific events that unfolded one afternoon six years ago at his grand-father's ranch. Now he's back there, newly orphaned, living with his grandfather and gutsy great-aunt. The only person who understands him is his brother, Broda Joe. But Broda Joe's in jail, and Tug hasn't seen him in two years. Now, more than ever, Tug needs Bro, but their reunion will cost them more than they ever expected.
Nine Man Tree
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679892571
Category : Everglades (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Depression-era Florida, young Yoolee assumes the responsibility of protecting his family from an unspeakable horror stalking the swamplands.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679892571
Category : Everglades (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Depression-era Florida, young Yoolee assumes the responsibility of protecting his family from an unspeakable horror stalking the swamplands.
Soup on Fire
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780440502265
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Rob and Soup set in motion a wild scheme to catch the eye of the Hollywood talent scout visiting their small Vermont town.
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780440502265
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Rob and Soup set in motion a wild scheme to catch the eye of the Hollywood talent scout visiting their small Vermont town.