Richard Peck, author portrait
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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
A Season of Gifts
On the Wings of Heroes
A Year Down Yonder
Here Lies the Librarian
The Teacher's Funeral
Past Perfect, Present Tense
The River Between Us
A Long Way from Chicago
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
The River Between Us
Fair Weather
Fair Weather
A Year Down Yonder
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
Ghosts I Have Been
Strays Like Us
Dreamland Lake
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Lost in Cyberspace
Father Figure

Books

The Best Man
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
Secrets at Sea
A Season of Gifts
On the Wings of Heroes
A Year Down Yonder
Here Lies the Librarian
The Teacher's Funeral
Past Perfect, Present Tense
The River Between Us
A Long Way from Chicago
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
The River Between Us
Fair Weather
Fair Weather
A Year Down Yonder
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
Ghosts I Have Been
Strays Like Us
Dreamland Lake
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Lost in Cyberspace
Father Figure

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