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Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats 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. OL15027857W
Lost in cyberspace Lost in cyberspace Richard Peck While dealing with changes at home, sixth-grader Josh and his friend Aaron use the computer at their New York prep school to travel through time, learning some secrets from the school's past and impr… OL15027863W
Mindscapes Mindscapes Richard Peck Eighty-six poems representing viewpoints or observations on a variety of current topics. OL15027865W
Urban studies: a research paper casebook Urban studies: a research paper casebook Richard Peck Thirteen reading selections on urban problems are used as models for writing a research paper, followed by a "handbook" on conducting research and writing a report. OL15027873W
Three-quarters dead Three-quarters dead Richard Peck Sophomore loner Kerry is overjoyed when three popular senior girls pick her to be in their clique until the seniors die in a car crash, return from the dead, and insist that Kerry help them exact rev… OL15027875W
The river between us The river between us Richard Peck During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. OL15710196W
Lost in cyberspace Lost in cyberspace Richard Peck While dealing with changes at home, sixth-grader Josh and his friend Aaron use the computer at their New York prep school to travel through time, learning some secrets from the school's past and impr… OL17677802W
A year down yonder A year down yonder 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, gradually … OL17737027W
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail Richard Peck The tiniest mouse in the Royal Mews is such a mystery, he doesn't even know his own name. He scampers off on an epic adventure in and around Buckingham Palace with a plan to seek the advice of Queen … OL17829479W
The mouse with the question mark tail The mouse with the question mark tail 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 t… OL19965902W
Strays Like Us Strays Like Us Richard Peck Molly Moberly knows she doesn't belong in this small Missouri town with her great-aunt Fay. It's just a temporary arrangement until her mother gets out of the hospital. But then Molly meets Will, a f… OL4920484W
A Year Down Yonder A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year with feisty Grandma Dowdel, well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else. All Mary Alice… OL4920492W
Past perfect, present tense Past perfect, present tense Richard Peck A collection of short stories, including two previously unpublished ones, that deal with the way things could be. OL4920499W
Princess Ashley Princess Ashley Richard Peck Our heroine, Chelsea, is new in town and is in the throes of teenage- melodramatic selfishness. She hates her mom, she's trying to dress punk, she's trying to keep her head down at her new school . .… OL4920501W
The Teacher's Funeral The Teacher's Funeral Richard Peck If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it," begins Richard Peck's latest novel, a book full of his signature wit and sass. Russell Culver is fifteen in 1904, and he's raring … OL4920505W
Blossom Culp and the sleep of death Blossom Culp and the sleep of death Richard Peck Blossom, high-school freshman and possessor of "second sight," helps an Egyptian princess, dead for 3500 years, to regain her tomb, and in addition saves a suffragette school teacher from losing her … OL55358W
The dreadful future of Blossom Culp The dreadful future of Blossom Culp Richard Peck It's Halloween, 1914. Teenage psychic Blossom Culp sneaks into the house where the rest of her class is having a party-and that's when everything goes haywire. Suddenly Blossom is hurled into a time … OL55359W
Monster night at Grandma's house Monster night at Grandma's house Richard Peck Daytime at Grandma's house is fine, but bedtime is terrifying when a monster seems to be about. NOTE: Last page missing. OL55364W
On the wings of heroes On the wings of heroes Richard Peck A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war. Davy Bowmans brother and th… OL55365W
The river between us The river between us Richard Peck During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. OL55367W
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