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Synopsis
One of the nation's most famous writers of novels for young people, Richard Peck has earned a Newbery Medal, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the National Humanities Medal, the National Endowment for the Humanities Medallion, and the ALAN Award. Richard Peck: The Past Is Paramount is the most authoritative resource about the life and work of this beloved author.
VOYA
Richard Peck has been writing for more than thirty years. His young adult novels have garnered countless awards and praise from many different groups of people. Peck, who still considers himself an old teacher, travels around the country, discussing his work with educators and librarians so that they may better understand the material and share it with others. Peck has written something in almost every genre, including poetry, prose, and nonfiction, and has won countless awards from the Newbery Medal to the Margaret A. Edwards Award to the ALAN Award. This twenty-ninth volume in the Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature series is very well organized, dividing the chapters among Peck's life, his work, and how he develops his stories. The authors take great care when summarizing Peck's work, presenting the gist of the story but being careful to leave out enough in case readers wish to go back and peruse the work. The authors also include several appendixes, a bibliography, and an index that make the book more accessible to the reader. This series really shows how far young adult authors have come to establish their work as a staple in the literary world. This book, as well as the others in the series, would make a great addition to any professional library. Reviewer: Jonatha Basye