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CHILDREN'S

Released: April 28, 1975

by Richard Peck

"But Peck throws in enough scary moments to prove that he'd be a winner in any campfire storytelling session, and in that spirit he will keep his audience giggling and just a little frightened at the same time."

"There are several opinions that people hold regarding ghosts, and not one of them would clinch an argument." Read full book review >

Cover art for THOSE SUMMER GIRLS I NEVER MET

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 1, 1988

THOSE SUMMER GIRLS I NEVER MET

by Richard Peck

"The setting isn't well-realized: both ship and ports of call come across as painted backdrops; but the lively cast more than compensates."

Drew Wingate feels as if his big summer plans have been blown out of the water but finds instead that they've just changed course. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 19, 1973

THROUGH A BRIEF DARKNESS

by Richard Peck

In his third YA novel Peck wisely relinquishes any pretense to relevance or depth and comes out with a tightly drawn romantic melodrama about sixteen year-old Karen, protected daughter of a big time crook, who is suddenly pulled out of boarding school and hustled off to "relatives" in England, there to discover gradually that she has actually been kidnapped by ruthless members of a rival syndicate. 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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