Soup 1776 [Paperback]

Robert Newton Peck (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 1998

"Rural Vermont during the 1920's is the setting for this nostalgic account of episodes in the lives of young Robert Peck and his pal, Soup."--starred, School Library Journal

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5?Soup is back and causing more trouble for the good folks of Learning, VT. Here, he volunteers his sidekick, Rob Peck, to write a Fourth of July play that is historically accurate. Unfortunately, no one in the town can seem to agree on what actually happened back in 1776. Rob remains the level-headed character that readers love and with whom they can identify, but as usual, Soup is the one who steals the show. The action is fast paced as readers try to unravel the mystery of the secret ingredient Soup has in mind to make this play a blast. And a blast it is! Well written and fun to read.?Connie Pierce, Signal Mountain Public Library, TN
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 4^-7. In his fourteenth story about Soup and sidekick Rob, Peck resorts to nonstop one-liners, double entendres, and slapstick humor involving dropped drawers, pigeon droppings and curvaceous "patootsies," while he lambastes political correctness and historical revisionists. This time the duo are writing the script for Learning's Fourth of July pageant, a task that necessitates discovering what really happened in 1776, then rewriting history, manipulating a cast of befuddled townspeople, professional wrestlers, and loutish lumberjacks. Adults may find Peck's humor is heavy-handed and sophomoric ("My soul throbbed like a happy hemorrhoid" ), with Soup portrayed as a bombastic, hyperactive hellion, and Rob a dithering, compliant companion. Preteens, however, may not be quite so critical and will probably find the silly characters and predictable mayhem hilarious. Chris Sherman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (November 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679892621
• ISBN-13: 978-0679892625
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,793,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A Kid's Review

This review is from: Soup 1776 (Paperback)

You're running faster and faster. Pop you hear it getting closer and closer, BANG! Now you're in full throttle you see the school your sanctuary, having the one and only, the splendor that that takes your breath away. Exciting twists and turns, flips and spins, that is what Robert Newton Peck demonstrates in Soup 1776.
THE overall idea of this brilliant masterpiece is that to put two kids trying to make the best play that ever hit LEARING. While they're trying to put together this work of art, constant delays keep happening.
Happenings occur that the teacher does not want to work on the play and nobody wants to do the play. See what Soup and Robs remarkable ideas and events are.
They also encounter difficulties like bullies, parents and people against the play. The overall ending is remarkable and breathtaking. It is unbelievable at least from my point of view, but what does your point of view say?
In every book there is a twist and the twist in this book is pretty horrific. The main character is sick now, no one wants to star in the play. See what Soup and Rob think up. Well the theme in this book is, well I think it is don't do things you can't handle.