Peck, Richard

Young Mary Alice has to move to Chicago to her Grandmother's house in 1937 during "Roosevelt's recession.".

Set in 1914, fourteen-year-old Blossom, a psychic, finds herself hurled forward in time to an age of Valley Girls and computers.

Award-winning young-adult-fiction writer Richard Peck presents a memoir of his writing and teaching careers, discusses the importance of providing quality literature for young adults, and comments on the social issues that inspire his writing.

Story of the summer adventures of Joey and Mary Alice with their outrageous Grandma.

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.

Shares insights on the issues of teaching, writing, and reading interests of adolescents.

After being involved in the brittle, superficial world of a beauty contest, a country girl appreciates even more the solid values of her Indiana farm life.