Richard Peck
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.