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Peck's history with a smile strikes again.
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| Set in pre-WWI rural Indiana, this is the tale of a small town's pair of parentless youngsters, older brother Jake, in his older teens, taking care of his younger sibling, Peewee. Jake has an automobile service business in a ramshackle shack not from the home he shares with Peewee. Peewee helps in the garage, too, and while their lack of parents is alluded to in a few wistful remembrances of the past, it is not explained in any detail. From a neighboring house, the owners of the former livery stable now car service business, a rather peculiar couple, seem to keep some sort of benevolent but distant eye on Jake and Peewee. A real hurricane hits as the story opens, and the town has a couple of others of its own non-weather making. One is the controversial decision to hire a librarian for their departed former one. The other is to hold the area's first automobile race. Of course, Jake wants to enter with his homemade vehicle. Jake and Peewee have much to deal with, including Peewee's imminent promotion to high school, the rather interesting librarian applicants, and business competitors who service cars in underhanded ways. Peck's wonderful way of drawing characters whose words and actions describe them intimately, his knack for the dialogue and details of a time ninety years ago, and the humor that he brings into the story that fits so well are the ingredients for fun and pleasant stories and reading. I have now read some five of his works, with this one taking place in a time before his Newbery honor and award books A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder. The two award winners were among the very best in YA literature. Librarian is very good and very enjoyable and I have already directed it toward several young readers. This is one more reason to rank Peck and his books highly on your list of YA authors and titles. Read and enjoy. |
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