The Teacher's Funeral Paperback - 2006
by Richard Peck
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.
Summary
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.
First line
If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it.
Details
- Title The Teacher's Funeral
- Author Richard Peck
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York
- Date April 20, 2006
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780142405079 / 0142405078
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.58 x 5.66 x 0.6 in (19.25 x 14.38 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 750
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Geographic Orientation: Indiana
- Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, Indiana - History - 20th century
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 03/27/2006, Page 81
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