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The teacher's funeral : a comedy in three parts / Richard Peck.
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."
Record details
- ISBN: 0142405078
- ISBN: 9780142405079
- Physical Description: 190, 15 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2006.
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) 2019-20, grades 6-8. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Kissing summer good-bye: August -- Best boys in the world -- Me and Lloyd and Charlie Parr -- Flowers for Miss Myrt -- Mess of bad puppies -- First such mishap of the twentieth century -- Droning of locusts, a mourning of doves -- Jailhouse of school: Called to the trough of knowledge -- One lucky boy -- Stony Lonesome -- Trouble on the way -- Another old gal in the ditch -- Only really perfect thing in the world -- Fall of the year: One serious suitor -- Fatal Friday -- Two miracles and a mercy -- Grown and flown. |
| Target Audience Note: | 008 up. 750L Lexile. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 4.7 6.0 |
| Awards Note: | Oregon Battle of the Books 2019-20, Grades 6-8. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Education > Juvenile fiction. Teachers > Juvenile fiction. Country life > Indiana > Juvenile fiction. Indiana > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. |
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Library | PECK (Richard) (Text) | 37814003472264 | JUV FICTION | Available | - |
