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CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 1, 1996

by Richard Peck

"Still, some biting prose, larded up with enough technobabble to fuel a starship, should keep computer geeks chortling in the chat-rooms. (Fiction. 10+)"

In this sequel to Lost in Cyberspace (1995), computer-whiz Aaron Zimmer has accidentally given his computer the ability to grant wishes. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 1, 1995

LOST IN CYBERSPACE

by Richard Peck

"While the reconciliation between Josh's parents is too good to be true, most readers will welcome it as a fitting capper to this jaunty urban spree. (Fiction. 10+)"

Peck (The Last Safe Place on Earth, p. 230) forays into cyberspace for a fast-paced, fun-filled adventure that's virtually guaranteed. Read full book review >

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CHILDREN'S

Released: March 1, 1995

THE LAST SAFE PLACE ON EARTH

by Richard Peck

"Nevertheless, this is a provocative novel about important issues. (Fiction. 12+)"

The Tobins have moved to Walden Woods because they thought they would be safe in the friendly, upscale community, with an excellent school system. Read full book review >

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CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 1, 1993

BEL-AIR BAMBI AND THE MALL RATS

by Richard Peck

"The sendup of Tinseltown is just as comic; the whole story's a tonic. (Fiction. 12+)"

A merry spoof of everything from L.A. and TV pilots to beauty salons: Buffie explains how she and the rest of the Babcock family find themselves run out of Hollywood and on their way to the place that has inspired their father's increasingly alarming bouts of nostalgia—his hometown, where his fond memories and the bombed-out look of Hickory Fork don't mesh. Read full book review >

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CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 1, 1991

UNFINISHED PORTRAIT OF JESSICA

by Richard Peck

"They won't be disappointed: this is one of his best. (Fiction. 12+)"

In a season with two outstanding novels (both by women) hinging on failed mothers (Journey, p. 1013; Monkey Island, p. 857), another fine novel to right the balance: Jessica's charismatic dad is a childish, unproductive womanizer; her mother, whom she first presents as a nonentity, has blossomed by book's end into nurturer, role model, and friend. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 1, 1989

VOICES AFTER MIDNIGHT

by Richard Peck

"A quick-moving, neatly plotted time fantasy, with thoroughly likable characters, bantering dialogue, and just the right touch of romance."

Chad—a frank, ingenuous 14-year-old Californian—tells what happens when his family rents an old New York town house on East 73rd for two weeks one summer: farewell to beaches and barbeques, hello Central Park and—after slipping into several other times—the Blizzard of 1888. Read full book review >

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