Three Quarters Dead (18 page)

Described by
The Washington Post
as “America’s best living author for young adults,” Richard Peck is the first children’s book writer ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal. His extensive list of honors includes the Newbery Medal (for
A Year Down Yonder
), a Newbery Honor (for
A Long Way from Chicago
), the Edgar Award (for
Are You in the House Alone?
), the Scott O’Dell Award (for
The River Between Us
), the Christopher Medal (for
The Teacher’s Funeral
), and the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adult literature. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. Mr. Peck lives in New York City.

 

Amanda/Miranda
Are You in the House Alone?
Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats
Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death
Close Enough to Touch
Don’t Look and It Won’t Hurt
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
Dreamland Lake
Fair Weather
Father Figure
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Ghosts I Have Been
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
Here Lies the Librarian
The Last Safe Place on Earth
A Long Way from Chicago
Lost in Cyberspace
On the Wings of Heroes
Princess Ashley
Remembering the Good Times
Representing Super Doll
The River Between Us
A Season of Gifts
Secrets of the Shopping Mall
Strays Like Us
The Teacher’s Funeral
Those Summer Girls I Never Met
Through a Brief Darkness
Unfinished Portrait of Jessica
Voices After Midnight
A Year Down Yonder

 

 

 

Amanda/Miranda
London Holiday
New York Time
This Family of Women

 

 

 

Past Perfect, Present Tense

 

 

 

Monster Night at Grandma’s House

 

 

 

Anonymously Yours
Invitations to the World