New Releases by Robert Newton Peck

Anticipating the celebration of Miss Kelly Day in honor of the teacher of their one-room school in Learning, Vermont, Soup and Rob save the day from certain catastrophe at the hand of Dr. Elsa Pinkerton Uppit.

Rob and Soup set in motion a wild scheme to catch the eye of the Hollywood talent scout visiting their small Vermont town.

Sixteen-year-old Kenny''s hike through the Adirondacks in search of a writer at Lost Pond becomes a fight for survival as he realizes he is not alone in the hostile wilderness.

The year she turns twelve on Spanish Hoof, her family''s beloved ranch in Florida, Harry gets a pony and learns some hard lessons about life.

Rob and Soup engineer an incredible appearance by Santa and his sleigh in their small Vermont town.

Clean and tidy cousin Sexton lends his unusual talent to Soup and Rob as they engage in the town''s goat-cart race.

Un adolescent indiscipliné et instable est placé en pension chez un vieux solitaire de la forêt. La vie difficile et certaines aventures feront de Collin un être nouveau. Bien que lesdites aventures soient plutôt invraisemblables et les modifications psychologiques du garçon trop rapides, les personnages sont sympathiques et le récit captivant.

Assisted by her friends costumed as Samson and Gideon, frecklefaced Trig masquerades as the seductive Delilah for the church Halloween costume pageant.

While doing research for a school essay about a reclusive old mountain man, two boys fall into an abandoned mine shaft from which only the old man can rescue them.

An official Junior G-man takes matters into her own hands when Clodburg''s only uniformed policeman is replaced by a traffic light.

Rob and Soup vie for the prize in their town''s Vermont Mardy Grah.

A rugged life-style in the Vermont woods with a feisty old hunter called Wishbone Kirk develops the character of a 15-year-old boy.

Fifteen-year-old Muncie Bolt thinks he''s lost Hem Lion''s friendship forever when his father prosecutes Hem''s father for operating a still in Liberty, Vt., during the days of prohibition.

Greatly disappointed that the celebrated Miss K will not be their teacher, Finley Streeter and Stanley Dragavich pull pranks on the new teacher in their small town.

Higbee Hartburn, Graffiti Prep''s foremost prankster, goes to great lengths to provide the school with a victorious basketball team.

When their teacher enters the annual Chump''s Landing Overland Obstacle Bicycle Race, Horrace Hubert and his best friend Spooner Jitwell do everything they can to make sure she wins the silver trophy.

A teenage boy risks his own popularity to give friendship and support to a retarded girl who is harassed by her classmates.

The story of Abbott Coe, 16-year-old orphan boy, set in the wilds of Canada in 1754 as the French and Indian War brewed across North America.

Drawings by Hal Frenck.

Twelve-year-old mascot Babe helps her aging friend and pitcher Sober McGinty arrive in time for the antics at Durkee''s Lot when two local teams meet for the biggest game of the season.

A bishop''s wife and a used-car salesman compete in a watermelon seed-spitting contest.

In May 1775 two boys participate in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys and befriend a young British soldier.

A pig''s tremendous appetite proves useful when a wolf invades the barnyard.

A Vermont youth becomes involved with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys despite his father''s Tory leanings in the early days of the Revolutionary War.

A cowpuncher, a plumber, and a drummer set off to see the King of Kazoo in search of their hearts'' desires: a purple cow, a sink to fix, and a drum. The story is interspersed with ten songs.

- Aide-moi, fils, dit papa. Le moment est venu...Rosy se tenait dans la neige fraîche, ses petits yeux fixés sur mes pieds. je vis papa saisir le levier et le lever très haut. Je fermai les yeux et j''attendis, guettant le bruit que je finis par entendre. je haïssait papa, à ce moment-là. je le haïssait pour l''avoir tuée, elle, Rosy, et pour tous les cochons qu''il avait tués dans sa vie.

A pig''s tremendous appetite proves useful when a wolf invades the barnyard.