[LM_NET] BOOK: The teacher's funeral by Peck

["fmuller@tellurian.com" <fmuller@TELLURIAN.COM>]

Peck, Richard._The teacher's funeral._Dial Books, 2004
[0-8037-2736-4]
It is 1904 in rural Indiana and the long-time school teacher
for the local one room schoolhouse has died.
Fifteen-year-old Russell is hoping the school will close but
the school board appoints his older sister as teacher.  Can
she guide the varied group of eight students?  Will she be
able to keep the school running in the middle of vandalism,
snakes in desks, and a fire in the outhouse?  Once again
Peck has painted a homey picture of rural America in the
early 1900's.  The 190 page book starts out slow but soon
becomes a colorful and enjoyable read.

NOTE: I will be starting Harry Potter today but my time is
limited because it is the week before the community theatre
production of Man of LaMancha in which I perform.


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Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ  07860
fmuller@tellurian.net
My book  comments are compiled at:
http://www.halsted.org/br.htm

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