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- The Best Man
The Best Man
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- ISBN: 9780147515797
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Fiction/ Nonfiction: Fiction
- Subject: Family, Friends and School
- Annotation: Newbery Medalist Richard Peck tells a story of small-town life, gay marriage, and everyday heroes in this novel for fans of Gary Schmidt and Jack Gantos.Archer Magill has spent a lively five years of grade school with one eye out in search of grown-up role models. Three of the best are his grandpa, the great architect; his dad, the great vintage car customizer,; and his uncle Paul, who is just plain great. These are the three he wants to be. Along the way he finds a fourthâMr. McLeod, a teacher. In fact, the first male teacher in the history of the school. But now here comes middle school and puberty. Change. Archer wonders how much change has to happen before his voice does. He doesn't see too far ahead, so every day or so a startling revelation breaks over him. Then a really big one when he's the best man at the wedding of two of his role models. But that gets ahead of the story.In pages that ripple with laughter, there's a teardrop here and there. And more than a few insights about the bewildering world of adults, made by a boy on his way to being the best man he can be.Boston Globe Horn Honor Book Amazon Editors' Picks for Fall (Ages 9-12)New York Times Notable Children's BookHorn Book FanfareSchool Library Journal Best Books of 2016Kirkus Best Books of 2016Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2016
- Grade Level: 4-5
- Reading Level: X
- Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
- Number of Pages: 256
- Lexile Range: 500-599
- Interest Level: Grades 4-8
- AR/ATOS Level Range: 4.0-4.4
- Publish Year: 2017