| The Teacher's Funeral Contributor(s): Peck, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142405078 ISBN-13: 9780142405079 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: An award-winning author creates a whole world of one-of-a-kind characters in his newest novel. In 1904 Indiana, 15-year-old Russell Culver is raring to leave his small town. But he has a particularly eventful season of school ahead of him, led by a teacher he never expected--his sister, Tansy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.66" W x 7.58" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Indiana |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 83176 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |