Richard Peck is an American novelist known for his prolific contributions to modern young adult literature. (Seriously. He's so prolific he practically has his own shelf in the MRC!) He was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel ''A Year Down Yonder" (sequel to his earlier book, A Long Way From Chicago).
MRC has most of Richard Peck's books available for check-out. Click 'Read More' to see the (rather long) list of titles.
- Here Lies the Librarian
- Past Perfect, Present Tense: New and Collected Stories [short stories]
- The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
- The River Between Us
- Fair Weather: A Novel
- A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories and A Year Down Yonder
- Amanda/Miranda
- Strays Like Us
- The Last Safe Place on Earth
- Unfinished Portrait of Jessica
- Voices After Midnight
- Those Summer Girls I Never Met
- Princess Ashley
- The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
- Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death
- Remembering the Good Times
- This Family of Women
- Close Enough to Touch
- Father Figure: A Novel
- Ghosts I Have Been
- Are You in the House Alone?
- Through a Brief Darkness
- Dreamland Lake
- Don't Look and It Won't Hurt