October 31, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "Mischevious creatures living among humans make for great stories for kids," begins a Washington Post book review. "Think The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo or A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden and you’ll get a sense of what kids -- and adults -- are in store for with Richard Peck’s thoroughly funny and thrilling Secrets at Sea," writes Tracy Grant.
It adds, "This story is especially good for families looking for a book that can be read aloud and enjoyed by kids of different ages."
Read more at the newspaper's website.
Peck, a 1956 graduate of DePauw University, has been called "America's best living author for young adults" and was the first children's book author to receive a National Humanities Medal. Are
You In The House Alone? won the 1978 Edgar Allan Poe Award. He received the Newbery Gold Medal in 2001 for A Year Down Yonder. A Long Way From Chicago was a National Book Award finalist as was his Civil War novel, The River Between Us.
All told, Peck has authored 40 novels.
Learn more about Richard Peck in this previous story.