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We Take School POs
The Teacher's Funeral
Contributor(s): Peck, Richard (Author)

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ISBN: 0142405078     ISBN-13: 9780142405079
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2006
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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
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available)
Guided Reading: Z (Grade 7/8)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.66" W x 7.58" L (0.40 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Demographic Orientation - Rural
- Geographic Orientation - Indiana
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Awards: Land of Enchantment Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2007
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/27/2006 pg. 81
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 83176
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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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.

 
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