The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck
If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it, begins Richard Peck's latest novel, a book full of his signature wit and sass. Russell Culver is fifteen in 1904, and he's raring to leave his tiny Indiana farm town for the endless sky of the Dakotas. To him, school has been nothing but a chain holding him back from his dreams. Maybe now that his teacher has passed on, they'll shut the school down entirely and leave him free to roam.No such luck. Russell has a particularly eventful season of schooling ahead of him, led by a teacher he never could have predicted-perhaps the only teacher equipped to control the likes of him: his sister Tansy. Despite stolen supplies, a privy fire, and more than any classroom's share of snakes, Tansy will manage to keep that school alive and maybe, just maybe, set her brother on a new, wiser course.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780803727366 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803727364 |
| Title | The Teacher's Funeral |
| Author | Richard Peck |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dial Books |
| Year published | 2004-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 190 |
| Prizes | Winner of Christopher Awards (Books for Young People) 2005, Short-listed for Young Reader's Choice Award (Intermediate/Grades 7-9) 2007, Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (Middle School) 2007, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Intermediate) 2007, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2007, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2006, Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Young Adult) 2006, Short-listed for William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2007, Short-listed for Great Stone Face Book Award 2005, Short-listed for Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award 2006 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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