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Overview

Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dreams of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside down. Here Lies the Librarian, with its quirky characters, folksy setting, classic cars, and hilariously larger-than-life moments, is vintage Richard Peck-an offbeat, deliciously wicked comedy that is also unexpectedly moving.

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Once again, Peck (The Teacher's Funeral) combines warmth, humor and local color to create a vibrant rendering of small-town America. Set in 1914, an era when women hobbled their skirts, and automobiles with "an electric self-starter" were still a novelty ("Crank from your seat, not from the street," went the Cadillac motto), the novel traces the eventful 14th summer of narrator "Peewee" McGrath, an orphaned tomboy who would rather help her brother tinker with cars than go to school. Both Peewee and her brother, Jake, long for the day when a road is built through their Indiana township, bringing business to their makeshift auto repair shop. In the meantime, four young librarians arrive from Indianapolis and stir up some dust-they're bent on spreading culture and reviving the long defunct local library. Irene, their ringleader, teaches Peewee a thing or two about being a lady. Her coworker Grace, the daughter of an automobile mogul, wheedles smiles and conversation out of painfully shy Jake. The story culminates at the county fair where Irene, Grace, Jake and Peewee join forces and skills to compete in the township's first annual road race. Offering plenty of action and a cast of larger-than-life characters, the book pays tribute to the social and industrial revolution, which awakens a sleepy town and marks the coming-of-age of an unforgettable heroine. Ages 10-16. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Once again Richard Peck weaves his magic with a tapestry of characters both unique and universal. Fourteen-year-old Peewee appears to be Jake's younger brother until her long hair falls out from under her cap and the elegant new librarian in town discovers that Peewee is really Eleanor. Inside herself, mostly-Peewee battles with a little bit of Eleanor. Sympathetic to Peewee/Eleanor's coming-of-age struggles, librarian Irene Ridpath shows that she learned a lot more than how to catalog books as a co-educational student in Library Science at Butler University. Ever-present Aunt Hat and Colonel Hazelrigg are laughable but lovable. Peck's narrative is alive and memorable. During Peewee's nighttime trip to the graveyard, her "flesh felt like moss in a bait can." There are battles with the big Kirby boys and an adrenalin-charged stock car race. By the end, Peewee/Eleanor concludes that she "got better and better at being myself because who wants to be everybody else?" 2006, Dial Books/Penguin, Ages 10 to 14.
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Education is not a high priority for Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath; she would much rather be repairing cars at her brother's garage than reading books. In fact, she would prefer that no one know she is female at all. Although her small Indiana town would like Peewee to dress and act more like a young lady, they generally agree with her opinion of books. The town librarian was not a popular woman, and when she died, the townspeople decided to close the library altogether. Peewee is looking forward to graduating eighth grade and devoting herself fully to helping her brother build the car that will win the upcoming race at the 1914 county fair. Things begin to change when a group of overenthusiastic librarians come to town to reopen the library and take Peewee under their wing. As they try to teach the town the importance of education, Peewee begins to see that she might have more potential than she ever realized. Peck has a talent for placing quirky characters in absurd situations while still making the story seem entirely plausible. He does it well here; the characters are often silly but ultimately relatable. The book has a gentle humor, similar to Polly Horvath's novels, which will satisfy the many fans of his earlier works. This book will appeal more to younger teens, but those who pick it up will be infected with the enthusiasm of Peewee and her unlikely group of friends. VOYA CODES: 4Q 4P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2006, Dial, 208p., Ages 11 to 15.
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Gr 6-9-Another gem from Peck, with his signature combination of quirky characters, poignancy, and outrageous farce. Parentless Peewee, 14, and Jake, the big brother she idolizes, live in rural Indiana in 1914. They run a small garage, but face nasty sabotaging from the rival Kirbys. The novel opens with a hilariously macabre twister that tears up Buelahland Cemetery, turning up coffins, and strews Mrs. B. D. Klinefelder's laundry, including her massive step-ins, around the county. The tornado doesn't dare to touch the stern former librarian's grave. The board of trustees closed the library after her death, but that situation is about to change. Irene Ridpath, a library science student from Butler University, arrives with her three equally pretty and wealthy sorority sisters, all of whom drive fabulous cars, sparking Jake's interest (not just in their cars). After many pranks and hijinks, Peewee ends up being the only finisher in a rough-and-ready auto race, an event recounted in the closing chapter when she is an elderly, although still spunky, old lady. A master of capturing voice, Peck aptly conveys the nuances of rural life in the early years of the last century while weaving in early feminism, the history of the automobile, and the message to be oneself. Kids will love the fast-paced action and librarians will guffaw over all the library puns.-Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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"Who'd want to be in the pit crew when you could be in the race?" asks Irene Ridpath, the new librarian at14-year-old Eleanor McGrath's school. It's 1914 in the unincorporated Hazelrigg Settlement in Hendricks County, Ind., and feisty Irene and three other Library Science students from Butler University have come to town to fill the vacancy left when the elderly former librarian Electra Dietz died, heaven having stamped her OVERDUE. The young ladies plan to expand the 225-book collection, add shelving, a Photostat machine, lighting and subscriptions to all major magazines. And if the library is remade, so is Eleanor, transformed, with Irene's help, from grease monkey to young woman with a sense of herself in the world, who wins the first ten-mile stock car race in Hendricks County history. As always, Peck writes with humor and affection about times past, elders and growing up strong. This ode to librarians is a fine companion to Peck's ode to schoolteachers, The Teacher's Funeral (2004). (Fiction. 10+)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780142409084
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/6/2007
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 160
  • Sales rank: 195,717
  • Age range: 10 - 14 Years
  • Lexile: 0780L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 7.72 (w) x 7.92 (h) x 0.44 (d)

Meet the Author

Richard Peck
Richard Peck

Richard Peck was described by the Washington Post as “America's best living author for young adults.” He is the first children's writer ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal. The author of more than thirty books, he has also won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adult literature, the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award, among countless other honors. He lives in New York City.

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  • Posted January 18, 2010

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    Great snapshot of rural life back in the day...

    Peck has crafted a really fun story about a brother and sister growing up without parents, living the daily rural life, trying to make a car repair business out of nothing. There's crazy neighbors who keep an eye on the kids. There are crazy town folk, who are constantly doing mean things to the kids, trying to sabotage their repair business, and then there are the new girls in town.

    You'll follow the brother and sister as they both grow up and learn to be the man and woman they were always meant to be.

    I really enjoyed this story, and have passed it along to my teenage son. I can't wait to see his reaction when he reads about a little girl who is a great car mechanic. The old adage holds true, I suppose, that you can't judge a book by its cover.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2008

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    I read the book Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck and I would give it a rating of 4 stars. This book deserves 4 stars because of its humorous dialogue and descriptions. It tells a fun story of a town after the results of a tornado. It includes the lives of Eleanor also known as PeeWee and Jake her big brother who she looks up to dearly. Eleanor is a red head who always has her hair up in a cap, which causes people to mistake her for a boy. Her brother claims that High School will do her some good. But when Eleanor hears that High School doesn¿t include car mechanics but instead she will have to take Home Economics and Cookery she claims that she ¿ain¿t going.¿ After a librarian position is open it attracts the attention of three sorority sisters who apply for the job. It is inspiring to read how an old run down library can change the life of a girl completely. The story is in a time era of when the automobile was debuting. Richard Peck does a great job of describing Jake¿s love of cars and his dream of fame. Jake is also a car mechanic who gets lots of help from his little sister. Here Lies the Librarian shows the steps Jake takes to get closer to his dream. I am an eighth grader in North Carolina and would also recommend the books, The Giver and The City of Ember.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2008

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    I recently read the book 'Here Lies The Librarian' by Richard Peck and found it okay so I gave it three stars. I gave it three stars because it was a little boring but it had good detail about each of the scenes in the book. It is basically a book about two brothers named Peewee and Jake. Peewee was just the average little boy who looked up to his older brother who by the way wanted to be an auto mechanic. Until one day when Irene Ridpath the librarian came to town. She tried to help Peewee and changed his life forever. But it starts out with a tornado in the town and everybody is rushing to get into their basements and grabbing whatever they can before it comes. It just seemed really boring but Richard Peck did have lots of good descriptive details about the scene. But the ending I didn't like that much because it kind of just dropped off when it could have kept going. It ended with a race in Indiana at the Indianapolis 500 and just started telling about who won the race and then just ended and I believe he could have kept going.

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    Posted December 28, 2011

    Amazing!!

    I love it!!;)) Main reason: a GIRL proves herself to be just as good(if not better) than the guys!!!;)

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