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Richard Peck has got to be the funniest author there is! He has written "A Long Way From Chicago," "A Year Down Yonder," "The Teacher's Funeral," "Fair Weather" and quite a few more. For those of you who haven't read his books, I'd really suggest you start out with "A Long Way From Chicago," which is a funny, wonderful book about two siblings sent down to stay with their grandmother each summer for nine years of the Great Depression--but things aren't quite as sleepy as they seem down there....
submitted by Aliza, age 13, Vermont
(April 14, 2009 - 6:02 pm)
(April 14, 2009 - 6:02 pm)
Wowie! I love love love Richard Peck!!!
(April 15, 2009 - 3:14 pm)
Which ones have you read?
(April 16, 2009 - 7:07 am)
A Long way from Chicago, A Year Down Yonder, The Teacher's Funeral (LOL) and one about a librarian that i can't remember the title of, even though I've read it like 4 times. Hmm. . ..
(April 16, 2009 - 2:28 pm)
I read A Year Down Yonder and liked it. Haven't read any of his other stuff, though.
(April 16, 2009 - 4:53 pm)
You should definitely look for more of his works. He's hilarious! Also, if you like him, I think you'll really like Christopher Paul Curtis's "Bud, not Buddy!"
(April 16, 2009 - 7:07 pm)
I've read Fair Weather and The River Between Us. They're pretty good.
(May 3, 2009 - 9:36 pm)