The “Soup” books are Robert Newton Peck’s fictionalized memoirs about his childhood in rural Vermont. Mr. Peck narrates the stories from his childhood perspective, and most of the stories involve the trouble that his best friend dreams up. There doesn’t seem like there’s much to do out in the c...
Twenty-two years passed between the publication of A Day No Pigs Would Die and its sequel, A Part of the Sky. The two stories, however, are chronologically separated by only two weeks. Following the demise of his hard-working father, Rob Peck at age thirteen is abruptly thrust into premature adul...
Arly has lived in Jailtown, Florida, all his life. Soon he'll be old enough to be a picker in the fields, and like his father, he will virtually belong to Captin Tant, owner of Jailtown. Then a new teacher comes to town who is willing to fight for Arly. But is Arly willing to fight for himself?
You could walk for most of a mile before reaching the woods. The grass was high now. And seeing as I’d worked all day on the hay wagon with Papa, it sure felt good just to know that evening chores were done, and I could lie on my back in the soft grass and do nothing except wait for evening. Pink...
Diskin BARNEY DISKIN WAS A JEW. Everybody in the entire town knew it, so there wasn’t any hope for Mr. Diskin to fib, claiming he wasn’t when he righteous was. “Give him credit,” Papa said. “He ain’t ashamed of it.” “No,” said Mama. “He walks with his head up high, just as though he was a normal ...