Richard Peck

A Long Way from Chicago (Unabridged)

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Set during the years 1929–1942, and told in eight engaging episodes, this fresh and funny novel recounts a boy and his sister's annual summer trips to rural Illinois to visit their eccentric grandmother. Grandma Dowdel, a remarkable larger-than-life character, continually astounds her grandchildren with her nonconformist behavior and her gutsy, take-charge attitude.

Author:

Richard Peck

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

750L

Length:

04:18

A Year Down Yonder (Unabridged)

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Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel return for more astonishing, laugh-out-loud adventures when 15-year-old Mary Alice moves in with her spicy grandmother for the year. Her extended visit is filled with moonlit schemes, romances both foiled and founded, and a whole parade of fools made to suffer in unusual (and always hilarious) ways.

Author:

Richard Peck

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Lexile:

610L

Length:

03:25

Fair Weather (Unabridged)

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In his celebrated novels A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck carried us happily back to the Midwest of the 1930's. Now he's ready to transport us all the way back to 1893, to the Chicago World's Fair and its breathtaking mix of personalities and glimpses of the future.

Author:

Richard Peck

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

670L

Length:

03:29

Here Lies the Librarian (Unabridged)

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Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dreams of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the 20th century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside down.

Author:

Richard Peck

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

780L

Length:

03:40

The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts (Unabridged)

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The year is 1904, and Russell is 15. Though he dreams of leaving small-town Indiana to become part of a large farm crew in the Dakotas, he's forced to stay in school, where his sister Tansy has just become the new teacher.

Author:

Richard Peck

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

750L

Length:

04:43

The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts (Unabridged)