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
Amanda/Miranda
Secrets at Sea
Three Quarters Dead
A Season of Gifts
On the Wings of Heroes
A Year Down Yonder
The Teacher's Funeral
Here Lies the Librarian
Past Perfect, Present Tense
A Long Way from Chicago
The River Between Us
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
The River Between Us
Fair Weather
Fair Weather
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
Ghosts I Have Been
A Year Down Yonder
Dreamland Lake
Strays Like Us
Are You in the House Alone?
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Lost in Cyberspace
Father Figure
Something for Joey

Books

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