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Richard Peck

RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O’Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher’s Funeral. He was the first children’s author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.
The Best Man
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
Secrets at Sea
Three Quarters Dead
A Season of Gifts
On the Wings of Heroes
Here Lies the Librarian
The Teacher's Funeral
The River Between Us
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
Fair Weather
A Year Down Yonder
Ghosts I Have Been
Are You in the House Alone?
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Lost in Cyberspace
Something for Joey

Books

The Best Man
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
Secrets at Sea
Three Quarters Dead
A Season of Gifts
On the Wings of Heroes
Here Lies the Librarian
The Teacher's Funeral
The River Between Us
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
Fair Weather
A Year Down Yonder
Ghosts I Have Been
Are You in the House Alone?
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Lost in Cyberspace
Something for Joey

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