Robert Newton Peck
2) Bro: a novel
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Young Tug Dockery witnesses a brutal act by his grandfather that leaves him unable to speak, so when his parents die, Tug's beloved older brother feels compelled to escape from a hellish labor camp to rescue him from their grandfather's Florida cattle ranch.
5) Spanish Hoof
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
The year she turns twelve on Spanish Hoof, her family's beloved ranch in Florida, Harry gets a pony and learns some hard lessons about life.
6) Soup's goat
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Description
Clean and tidy cousin Sexton lends his unusual talent to Soup and Rob as they engage in the town's goat-cart race.
8) Soup's drum
Author
Publisher
Knopf : distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1980
Language
English
Description
Rob totes Soup's huge drum through the Fourth of July parade before he realizes Soup hasn't carried his share. Before the close of the celebration Rob gets even.
9) Clunie
Author
Publisher
Knopf : distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
A teenage boy risks his own popularity to give friendship and support to a retarded girl who is harassed by her classmates.
11) Justice Lion
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Muncie Bolt thinks he's lost Hem Lion's friendship forever when his father prosecutes Hem's father for operating a still in Liberty, Vermont during the days of prohibition.
13) Arly
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Although Arly Poole seems bound to follow in his father's footsteps as a field worker in Jailtown, Florida, where his family lives in 1927 in the shadow of a cruel boss, his world suddenly seems larger when a schoolteacher comes to town.
14) Soup on fire
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Rob and Soup set in motion a wild scheme to catch the eye of the Hollywood talent scout visiting their small Vermont town.
15) Soup
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.
16) +Jo Silver
Author
Publisher
Pineapple Press
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Kenny's hike through the Adirondacks in search of a writer at Lost Pond becomes a fight for survival as he realizes he is not alone in the hostile wilderness.
17) Hub
Author
Publisher
Knopf : distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
When their teacher enters the annual Chump's Landing Overland Obstacle Bicycle Race, Horrace Hubert and his best friend Spooner Jitwell do everything they can to make sure she wins the silver trophy.
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