Prentice Hall Literature

By Richard Peck

The great interactive dream machine

By Richard Peck

Josh Lewis is unwillingly drawn into the computer experiments of Aaron, his friend and fellow classmate at an exclusive New York private school, and the two find themselves uncontrollably transport...

Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats

By Richard Peck

Bambi, Buffie, and Brick, three totally cool siblings from Los Angeles, move with their parents to Hickory Fork, a small town terrorized by a high school gang.

Transitions

By Richard Peck

Nineteen literary selections by Carson McCullers, John Updike, Pablo Neruda, and others, with explanations of the literary devices used. Includes a handbook on writing a literary paper.

A year down yonder

By Richard Peck

In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, graduall...

A year down yonder

By Richard Peck

In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, graduall...

A season of gifts

By Richard Peck

Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.

The mouse with the question mark tail

By Richard Peck

A very small mouse of unknown origins runs away from school in the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace shortly before the celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, celebrating her sixty years on...

The mouse with the question mark tail

By Richard Peck

A very small mouse of unknown origins runs away from school in the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace shortly before the celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, celebrating her sixty years on...

This family of women.

By Richard Peck