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From: Robin Smith <robinsmith59>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:44:44 -0500
Since I'm a teacher (7th & 8th grade English), I've enjoyed the recent discussion. I don't recall if anyone has mentioned Richard Peck's forthcoming The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts. It opens with one of the great lines in literature: "If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of the year for it." I've shared the first chapter many times already -- at conferences, workshops, etc. What a great, funny, beautifully-written story that ultimately is, despite the title, a celebration of teachers. What a fine body of work Richard Peck has created; his last five novels are all favorites of mine.
Dean Schneider Ensworth School Nashville, Tennessee schneiderd at some.place
Received on Mon 27 Sep 2004 05:44:44 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:44:44 -0500
Since I'm a teacher (7th & 8th grade English), I've enjoyed the recent discussion. I don't recall if anyone has mentioned Richard Peck's forthcoming The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts. It opens with one of the great lines in literature: "If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of the year for it." I've shared the first chapter many times already -- at conferences, workshops, etc. What a great, funny, beautifully-written story that ultimately is, despite the title, a celebration of teachers. What a fine body of work Richard Peck has created; his last five novels are all favorites of mine.
Dean Schneider Ensworth School Nashville, Tennessee schneiderd at some.place
Received on Mon 27 Sep 2004 05:44:44 PM CDT
