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Past Perfect, Present Tense

Past Perfect, Present Tense Paperback - 2006

by Peck, Richard

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This new collection contains 13 of Peck's stories, including all of his previously published tales and two brand-new ones. Peck also includes entertaining notes about the stories, an informative introduction about the genre, and tips on how to write short stories.

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Puffin Books, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Details

  • Title Past Perfect, Present Tense
  • Author Peck, Richard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books
  • Date 2006
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G014240537XI4N00
  • ISBN 9780142405376 / 014240537X
  • Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.06 x 0.51 in (19.61 x 12.85 x 1.30 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Children's stories, American
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

Compiled for the first time, here are all of Newbery Award– winning author Richard Peck’s previously published short stories and two brand-new ones. From comedy to tragedy to historical to contemporary; from "Priscilla and the Wimps," Peck’s first short story, to "Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night Above Ground," which inspired both A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder, to "The Electric Summer," Peck’s jumping-off point for Fair Weather, readers will thrill at Peck’s engaging short fiction. Complete with the author’s own notes on the stories as well as tips and hints for aspiring writers and two new stories, this vibrant and varied collection offers something for everyone.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 03/27/2006, Page 81

About the author

RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O'Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn BookAward Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher's Funeral. He was the first children's author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.