The teacher's funeral : a comedy in three parts

Title
The teacher's funeral : a comedy in three parts

Personal Author EPSB
Richard, Peck

Summary
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."

Year Published
2004

Physical Description
190 p. ;

Note (Local)
Young Reader's Choice 2007

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 4.7 6.0 83176
 
Gr. 7+
 
5.9

Awards
YRCA 2007 Intermediate Division Nominee

Subject
Education -- Fiction.
 
Teachers -- Fiction.
 
Country life -- Indiana -- Fiction.
 
Humorous stories.
 
Humorous fiction.

Geographic Term
Indiana -- History -- 20th Century -- Fiction.

Summary
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."

ISBN
9780142405079

Publisher
New York : Puffin Books, c2004.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
KameyosekF PECBook30239000041622Fiction