Robert Newton Peck

Soup (1974)

The “Soup” books are Robert Newton Peck’s fictionalized memoirs about his childhood in rural Vermont. Mr. Peck narrates the stories from his childhood perspective, and most of the stories involve the trouble that his best friend dreams up. There doesn’t seem like there’s much to do out in the c...

A Part of the Sky (2011)

Twenty-two years passed between the publication of A Day No Pigs Would Die and its sequel, A Part of the Sky. The two stories, however, are chronologically separated by only two weeks. Following the demise of his hard-working father, Rob Peck at age thirteen is abruptly thrust into premature adul...

Arly (1991)