Robert Newton Peck Books In Order

Soup Books In Order

  1. Soup (1974)
  2. Soup and Me (1975)
  3. Soup for President (1978)
  4. Soup’s Drum (1980)
  5. Soup On Wheels (1981)
  6. Soup in the Saddle (1983)
  7. Soup’s Goat (1984)
  8. Soup on Ice (1985)
  9. Soup on Fire (1987)
  10. Soup’s Uncle (1988)
  11. Soup’s Hoop (1990)
  12. Soup in Love (1992)
  13. Soup Ahoy (1994)
  14. Soup 1776 (1995)

Trig Books In Order

  1. Trig (1977)
  2. Trig Sees Red (1978)
  3. Trig or Treat (1982)

Little Soup Books In Order

  1. Little Soup’s Hayride (1991)
  2. Little Soup’s Birthday (1991)
  3. Little Soup’s Turkey (1992)
  4. Little Soup’s Bunny (1993)

Novels

  1. A Day No Pigs Would Die (1972)
  2. Millie’s Boy (1973)
  3. Path of Hunters (1974)
  4. Bee Tree and Other Stuff (1975)
  5. Wild Cat (1975)
  6. Hang for Treason (1976)
  7. Rabbits and Redcoats (1976)
  8. King of Kazoo (1976)
  9. Fawn (1977)
  10. Last Sunday (1977)
  11. The King’s iron (1977)
  12. Patooie (1977)
  13. Eagle Fur (1978)
  14. Basket Case (1979)
  15. Hub (1979)
  16. Clunie (1979)
  17. Mr. Little (1979)
  18. Justice Lion (1981)
  19. Kirk’s Law (1981)
  20. Banjo (1982)
  21. The Seminole Seed (1983)
  22. Dukes (1983)
  23. Spanish Hoof (1985)
  24. Jo Silver (1985)
  25. Hallapoosa (1988)
  26. The Horse Hunters (1988)
  27. Arly (1989)
  28. Higbee’s Halloween (1990)
  29. Arly’s Run (1991)
  30. A Part of the Sky (1994)
  31. Nine Man Tree (1998)
  32. Cowboy Ghost (1999)
  33. Extra Innings (2001)
  34. Horse Thief (2002)
  35. Bro (2004)

Picture Books

  1. Hamilton (1976)

Non fiction

  1. Fiction Is Folks (1987)
  2. Secrets of Successful Fiction (1988)
  3. Weeds In Bloom (2005)
  4. How to Write Fiction Like a Pro (2006)

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Robert Newton Peck Books Overview

Soup

When it came to getting the two of us in trouble, Soup was a regular genius…
. Soup was my best pal. His real and righteous name was Luther Wesley Vinson, but nobody called him Luther. He didn’t like it. I called him Luther just once, which promoted Soup to break me of a very bad habit before it really got formed. As soon as the swelling went out of my lip, I called him Soup instead of Thoop. Here are the stories of that friendship, and of the troubles stories from a boyhood filled with barrels to roll in, apples to whip, windows to break, ropes to bind prisoners, acorn pepes, and ten cent Saturday movies. But then as always nothing was quite as important as a best friend.

Soup and Me

Soup and his best friend Rob enjoy many forays of adventure and discovery in and around their small Vermont town

Soup for President

‘Who will Robert vote for when his best friend, Soup, and his girlfriend arerunning for class president? Peck’s folksy humor is at its best here: evenreaders who don’t usually read this sort of book will enjoy Soup. Set in ruralVermont during the 1930’s.’ School Library Journey

Soup On Wheels

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

Soup on Ice

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

Soup’s Uncle

A visit from Uncle Virus and his motorcycle gang stimulates Soup to new and ingenious schemes, involving a cache of moonshine, a motorcycle competition, and revenge on the dreaded Janice Riker.

Soup in Love

Smitten with a set of Texas twins, Soup and Rob build a huge Valentine for the town and have to plead with the brawny Ox and Janice to help them get their contraption down the steepest hill in the county.

Soup Ahoy

A radio contest, the impending visit of actor Sinker O. Sailor to their small Vermont town, and rumors of a black pearl in Wet Lake spur Soup and Rob on to a spectacular nautical disaster.

Little Soup’s Birthday

A freak snowstorm almost keeps Rob and his best friend Soup from celebrating Soup’s ninth birthday, but the boys’ ingenuity makes the party a success.

A Day No Pigs Would Die

Out of a rare American tradition, sweet as hay, grounded in the gentle austerities of the Book of Shaker, and in the Universal countryman’s acceptance of birth, death, and the hard work of wresting a life from the land comes this haunting novel of a Vermont farm boyhood.

In the daily round of his thirteenth year, as the seasons turn and the farm is tended, the boy whose time is the only yesterday of Calvin Coolidge, whose people are the Plain People living without ‘frills’ in the Shaker Way becomes a man.

That is all, and it is everything. The boy is mauled by Apron, the neighbor’s ailing cow whom he helps, alone, to give birth. The grateful farmer brings him a gift a newborn pig. His father at first demurs ‘We thank you, Brother Tanner,’ said Papa, ‘but it’s not the Shaker Way to take frills for being neighborly. All that Robert done was what any farmer would do for another’ but is persuaded. Rob keeps the pig, names her, and gives her his devotion…
He wrestles with grammar in the schoolhouse. He hears rumors of sin. He is taken at last to the Rutland Fair. He broadens his heart to make room even for Baptists. And when his father, who can neither read nor cipher, whose hands are bloodied by his trade, whose wisdom and mastery of country things are bred in the bone, entrusts Rob with his final secret, the boy makes the sacrifice that completes his passage into manhood.

All is told with quiet humor and simplicity. Here are lives lived by earthy reason in a novel that, like a hoedown country fiddler’s tune, rings at the same time with both poignancy and cheer.

Rabbits and Redcoats

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.

Hub

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.

Higbee’s Halloween

Life in quiet Clod’s Corners changes drastically for Higbee and his best friend Quincy when the very nasty Striker kids move in and Higbee decides to make them the target of a grand Halloween prank.

A Part of the Sky

In celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of the publication of Robert Newton Peck’s bestselling classic, A Day No Pigs Would Die, here is the eagerly anticipated sequel. This must for schools, libraries, and summer reading lists is now available for the first time in paperback. Times are difficult during the Great Depression, and thirteen year old Rob Peck must struggle to keep his family together after the death of his father. Disaster after disaster strikes and the family is forced to sell their farm. Relying solely on their strong Shaker faith and close family ties, the Pecks finally prevail and young Rob learns that true wealth extends beyond money and that real values are priceless.

Nine Man Tree

From the author of the best selling classic A Day No Pigs WouldDieIn Depression era Florida, twelve year old Yoolee’s main concern in life isprotecting his little sister, Havilah, and his long suffering mother, Ruth Ann,from the violent rages of his alcoholic father. Then another horror enterstheir lives when the tiny swampland settlement is stalked by an enormous andvoracious wild boar. When Yoolee’s father disappears on a drunken binge, it’sup to Yoolee to protect his family once again. In this spellbinding adventureand compelling coming of age novel, Robert Newton Peck continues his traditionof providing fine literature for young adult readers.

Extra Innings

Little Viddy’s earliest baseball memory was sitting on a hard plank bench in the heart of a visiting team’sdugout, wedged between her two aging gods, Wash and Cappy. And hearing an ump holler: ‘Play ball!’In a devastating explosion, young Tate Stonemason loses his family and his dream when their private plane crashes and burns. Only he survives. With a leg destroyed, Tate has no chance to pitch in the majors. No one can ease his anger and grief except the lady who taught him the game…
Great aunt Vidalia. Desperate for a way to heal Tate’s hurting, Aunt Viddy, now seventy, shares her childhood with him: her purple bus travels with Ethiopia’s Clowns, a Depression era baseball team of rollicking rascals. The laughter and common love of baseball he shares with Aunt Viddy slowly inspires Tate Bannock Stonemason to mature, conquer tragedy, and realize the true power of family. Robert Newton Peck presents a humorous and heartwarming story of how yesterday’s baseball diamonds help to mend the crushed leg and battered spirit of a young athlete.

Horse Thief

After losing two fingers in his first bull ride, seventeen year old Tullis Yoder worries he’ll never have a chance to top another bull. Then the rodeo show he works for goes broke, and he learns that its thirteen horses, his only family, will be slaughtered for dog meat. With the help of a lady doctor and an aging professional Horse Thief, Tullis steals his beloved horses. He wants to set the horses free, but with crooks, three sheriffs, and a powerful judge after him, will he have a chance?

Bro

Florida: 1933 A train, rushing through the night…
a car, stalled in its path…
a boy’s life, shattered. Tugwell Dockery hasn’t spoken since the horrific events that unfolded one afternoon six years ago at his grandfather’s ranch. Now he’s back there, newly orphaned, living with his grandfather and gutsy great aunt. Broda Joe Dockery hasn’t seen his brother since his incarceration two years ago at the Pecan County Correctional Labor Camp. Now, realizing Tug must live at the site of a tragedy he witnessed, Broda Joe knows he must be with his brother, even if it means breaking the law and risking his life. Robert Newton Peck writes of grit and courage, and the steel strong bonds that unite families and endure beyond life itself.

Hamilton

Florida: 1933 A train, rushing through the night…
a car, stalled in its path…
a boy’s life, shattered. Tugwell Dockery hasn’t spoken since the horrific events that unfolded one afternoon six years ago at his grandfather’s ranch. Now he’s back there, newly orphaned, living with his grandfather and gutsy great aunt. Broda Joe Dockery hasn’t seen his brother since his incarceration two years ago at the Pecan County Correctional Labor Camp. Now, realizing Tug must live at the site of a tragedy he witnessed, Broda Joe knows he must be with his brother, even if it means breaking the law and risking his life. Robert Newton Peck writes of grit and courage, and the steel strong bonds that unite families and endure beyond life itself.

Weeds In Bloom

With over 65 books published, including the breathtaking and somewhat autobiographical A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck has enjoyed an illustrious writing career. Now, in an autobiography as unique as he is, Peck tells his story through the people in his life. From his roots as a poor Vermont farmer’s son to his years as a soldier in World War II, from his time slogging away in a paper mill to his semi retirement in Florida, Peck shows us people who too often go unseen and unheard the country s poor and uneducated. For decades, I ve examined the autobiographies of my fellow authors. Bah! Many could have been titled And Then I Wrote…
So instead of my life and lit, here is the unusual, a tarnished treasury of plain people who enriched me, taught me virtues, and helped me hold a mite of manhood. They re not fancy folk, so please expect no long stemmed roses from a florist. They are, instead, the unarranged flora that I ve handpicked from God s greenhouse…
Weeds In Bloom.

How to Write Fiction Like a Pro

In How to Write Fiction Like a Pro: A simple to savvy toolkit for aspiring authors, celebrated author Robert Newton Peck provides emerging writers with the power tools they need to start building their own books. Readers will learn everything from pacing a story and writing dialogue that flows to molding the tangible ‘stuff’ of life into characters and storylines of fiction.

HOW is written in the straightforward, earthy, and humorous voice that fans of Rob’s fiction have come to know and love. Informative but not preachy, HOW‘s lighthearted style immediately engages readers, inspiring them to take up the tools and write from their own lives and their own strengths.

Learning isn’t a load. It’s laughter.

Aspiring authors are sure to learn and laugh as they discover How to Write Fiction Like a Pro.

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