Close Enough to Touch [Hardcover]

Richard Peck (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1981

A seventeen-year-old boy trying to recover from the loss of his girlfriend meets an unusual girl.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (July 15, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385281455
• ISBN-13: 978-0385281454
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,918,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Peck has written over twenty novels, and in the process has become one of America's most highly respected writers for young adults. A versatile writer, he is beloved by middle graders as well as young adults for his mysteries and coming-of-age novels. He now lives in New York City. In addition to writing, he spends a great deal of time traveling around the country attending speaking engagements at conferences, schools and libraries...Mr. Peck has won a number of major awards for the body of his work, including the Margaret A. Edwards Award from School Library Journal, the National Council of Teachers of English/ALAN Award, and the 1991 Medallion from the University of Southern Mississippi. Virtually every publication and association in the field of children s literature has recommended his books, including Mystery Writers of America which twice gave him their Edgar Allan Poe Award. Dial Books for Young Readers is honored to welcome Richard Peck to its list with Lost in Cyberspace and its sequel The Great Interactive Dream Machine...

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sad But in a Good Way!, December 21, 2004

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annmmar "ASMB" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close Enough to Touch (Mass Market Paperback)

Close Enough to touch is a book that deals with a teenager (Matt Moran) losing his love (Dory who died of aneurysm). The book focus on how he deals with going to her funeral and continuing his life without her. Would he love again? Is it possible?. He then meets a senior named Magaret Chasen and is immediately drawn to her. Would he get past his hurt to love again? Though this book deals with death it shows the different emotion the character is feeling and you feel like you could know this person very believable. A touching read.

0 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars i do not like it at all, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Close Enough to Touch (Hardcover)

This book is very differcult to understand, but basicly it is about a boy and a girl that are going out. They go to see the firewors because it is the forth of July. When the fire works are over they go across the river in there canoe. Then the auther starts to talk about the girl being dead. That is the part that got me cunfussed the most. So it is basically about a boy that is in love with a girl but the girl dies.