Peck, Robert Newton. Bro.PECK, Robert Newton
Robert Newton (June 1 1905 – March 25 1956) was an English actor. He was born in Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England, and died in Los Angeles, California, U.S. . Bro. HarperTrophy. 150p. c2004. 0-06-052976-8. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2004: Peck, the author of A Day No Pigs Would Die A Day No Pigs Would Die is a 1972 coming of age story by Robert Newton Peck about a young Shaker boy in Vermont. The sequel is A Part of the Sky, also by Robert Newton Peck. , the Soup series, Horse Thief A Horse thief is a person who steals horses. The label historically carries negative connotations of guile and depredation approximating the same weight of evil as a kidnapper or swindler. , and other novels for young readers, sets this dark tale in Yazoo City, Florida, in 1933. Nine-year-old Tug is traveling with his parents on their way from Georgia to visit with his grandfather when their car is struck by a train and his parents are killed. Tug is sent to live with the cantankerous can·tan·ker·ous adj. 1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord. 2. old grandfather, whom he has hated ever since Tug saw him killing horses years before. Tug didn't understand it was because one horse had just kicked the man's wife to death; the trauma of seeing the killings has rendered Tug mute ever since. Tug's older brother, 18-year-old Broda Joe ("Bro"), learns where Tug is, and escapes from a labor camp nearby where he has been incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. and terribly mistreated in order to come to Tug's aid, pursued by a brutal warden aided by a convict. Tug and his grandfather reconcile when Tug's help is needed in birthing a foal foal a junior horse from birth to one year. May be filly foal, colt foal. foal ataxia see enzootic equine incoordination. ; Bro sacrifices himself to save his brother in a shoot-out when the bad guys catch up with him. The action-packed story is told in the down-home style of speech of rural Florida of the time. The brothers' bond and their courage are as noble as the bad guys are wicked; it's a touching, dramatic tale. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. |
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