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| Title | : | The Best Man |
| Author | : | Richard Peck |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | September 20th 2016 by Dial Books |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction. LGBT. Fiction. Humor. Family |
Richard Peck
Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.95 | 3999 Users | 884 Reviews
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Newbery Medalist Richard Peck brings us this big-hearted novel about gay marriage from a kid’s endearing perspectiveWhen Archer is in sixth grade, his beloved uncle Paul marries another man—Archer’s favorite student teacher. But that’s getting ahead of the story, and a wonderful story it is. In Archer’s sweetly naïve but observant voice, his life through elementary school is recounted: the outspoken, ever-loyal friends he makes, the teachers who blunder or inspire, and the family members who serve as his role models. From one exhilarating, unexpected episode to another, Archer’s story rolls along as he puzzles over the people in his life and the kind of person he wants to become…and manages to help his uncle become his best self as well.
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| Original Title: | The Best Man |
| ISBN: | 0803738390 (ISBN13: 9780803738393) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2018), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2017) |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 3999 Users | 884 ReviewsEvaluation Out Of Books The Best Man
OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!! It really gives us a laugh, a concerned face, and a hand that continues to want to flip pages continuously! Its different from the others because it has many...........interesting features! I recommeng EVERYONE to read it!!!Thank you SO MUCH Mr. Peck!Archer Magill is going to be one of the best new voices in kids literature. He's just kind of gloriously naive about all these incredibly important things going on around him in only a way that an 11 year old can be. There's a fair amount of change going on in his life -- a new school, a death in the family and the realization that a favorite family member is gay -- and he has a way of rolling with these changes that is so simple and just makes sense. Is it weird to envy a fictional 11 year old
Archer comes from a fairly standard family in suburban Chicago. His mom is a marriage counselor (Archer thinks she is a wedding planner for years), his dad restores classic cars, his grandpa lives nearby and is a big part of his life, and his uncle Paul is one of the coolest people Archer knows. Archer's story begins and ends with a wedding. The first wedding occurs when Archer is 6 and he is the ringbearer. It is an unqualified disaster on Archer's part involving split velvet shorts and a muddy
Some favorite quotes I want to hang onto before I pass my copy along:"Kids know most things before their grown-ups know they know. We're older than we look. It's complicated. We're older than we act." (ARC, 53) -- yes, absolutely "Lynette's eyes rolled. 'It's not just his dog. Look at the collar on it. It's some kind of official dog, a professional. Maybe it can sniff out narcotics or dead bodies. Maybe it's trained to attack immature students who never notice anything.'" (ARC 76) -- love her
In the post-Wonder world, middle grade characters in school stories are often on their best moral behavior. If not, they often get a chapter or two of the multiple perspective narrative to explain themselves. After all, everyone is doing their best, right? Richard Peck, on the other hand, does not overestimate the charity of children. His classroom as described by a sixth-grader, is populated by insufferable smarties, criers, the short kid, and the kid who is always asleep. His teachers can be
I really tried to like this book, but there were several things that completely ruined it for me:1. The dialogue of the children was not authentic and was too grown up.2. The story was all over the place and didn't focus on the wedding until the very last chapter.3. Being the best man was maybe a few pages. So the title doesn't make sense.4. Being gay took a back seat in this book and other side plots took center stage. Sorry Richard, but this one for me will stay on the shelf.
I loved this. It's a quick read but I think the author really caught the essence of a young boy growing up in a suburb of Chicago. If I had a child, I would definitely read this together because I think there are some wonderful life lessons in here without being preachy. I read it in two short sittings and I will even say I found it heartwarming. (Hard to grab the heart of a cynic like me, but as my best friend would tease, "It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.")
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