The Teacher's Funeral [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] (Audio Cassette)

by Richard Peck (Author), Dylan Baker (Reader)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Another gem from Peck! -- School Library Journal, starred review

Full of life and character. -- Boston Sunday Herald --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
The year is 1904, and Russell is 15. Though he dreams of leaving small-town Indiana to become part of a large farm crew in the Dakotas, he's forced to stay in school, where his sister Tansy has just become the new teacher. Through the autumn, Russell observes the strange goings-on in the classroom, including a fight for Tansy's affection between a rough-and-tumble guy named Glenn and Russell's own best friend, Charlie. (Both will need to compete with a city slicker named Eugene who's in the area trying to sell an amazing new invention called the automobile.) By Thanksgiving, Tansy has become a full-fledged teacher and Russell has resigned himself to the student life. In the last chapter, we learn which man ultimately won Tansy's heart, and also who Russell ended up marrying.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Listening Library (Audio); Unabridged edition (November 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400091020
• ISBN-13: 978-1400091027
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,797,478 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, April 24, 2006

By	T. G. Clark "Avid- Reader" (VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Teacher's Funeral (Paperback)

This book was so funny, my son and I had a wonderful time reading it. I would read aloud, and could hear my husband in the next room laughing. It was great.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A SATISFYING STORY VERY WELL READ, December 30, 2004

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

Witty, refreshing, and heartwarming all describe Richard Peck's stories. One of the most lauded authors of fiction for young adults, Peck has received a National Humanities Medal, the Newbery Medal, and a Newbery Honor. Each richly deserved.

Equally merited is the Tony nomination gifted voice performer Dylan Baker received. His narration of this story set in 1904 Indiana is warm and moving. As an adult Russell Ciulver looks back on the year he was 15 when all he wanted was to cut out of backwoods Indiana and head for the Dakotas. Then it seemed opportunity knocked: "If your teacher has to die," says Russell, "August isn't a bad time of year for it."

Surely, he thought a new teacher wouldn't be hired for the half dozen students at Hominy Ridge School. He was forced to think again as his older sister, Tansy, was appointed to the post. She took it on with relish. As many a younger brother would, Russell decided it was time for a little subversion, such as a snake in her desk or a fire in the boy's privy plus sundry other bits of irritation.

Tansy was not about to be thwarted, certainly not by Russell.

This is a story the entire family will enjoy. Give a listen and return to simpler times.

- Gail Cooke

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars funny book, December 30, 2008

By	ollieoxenfree - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Teacher's Funeral (Paperback)

this is by far the funniest book i have ever read. everyone in my family took turns reading it and laughing out loud.