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Blossom, not the most popular member of her freshman class in 1914, travels ahead seventy years, and returns in time to make Halloween a memorable night for her classmates and teachers.Tags
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With a delightful protagonist, well-drawn eccentric characters, hilarious situations, and great dialogue that's true to the era The Dreaful Future of Blossom Culp is an entertaining time-travel paranormal YA tale that would send youngsters and adults alike into fits of laughter. Highly recommended.
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This third book was "okay". There were some interesting events in it, but I still liked the first one best.
some of the charm of his other books, not good for time travel
a Halloween visit to a vacant house catapaults Blossom from 1914 to 1980s
Blossom series, book 3
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Richard Peck was born in Decatur, Illinois on April 5, 1934. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from DePauw University in 1956. After graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Army in Germany, where he worked as a chaplain's assistant writing sermons and completing paperwork. He received a master's degree in English from show more Southern Illinois University in 1959. He taught high school English in Illinois and New York City. He stopped teaching in 1971 to write a novel. His first book, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, was published in 1972 and was adapted as the 1992 film Gas Food Lodging. He wrote more than 40 books for both adults and young adults including Amanda/Miranda, Those Summer Girls I Never Met, The River Between Us, A Long Way from Chicago, A Season of Gifts, The Teacher's Funeral, Fair Weather, Here Lies the Librarian, On the Wings of Heroes, and The Best Man. A Year down Yonder won the Newbery Medal in 2001 and Are You in the House Alone? won an Edgar Award. The Ghost Belonged to Me was adapted into the film Child of Glass. He received the MAE Award in 1990 and the National Humanities Medal in 2002. He died following a long battle with cancer on May 23, 2018 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
- Original publication date
- 1983
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- Blossom Culp
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- " 'Without checking the records,' she said, 'I believe I saw you first in this office in fourth grade.'
" 'Yes, ma'am. That was the year me and my mama moved up here from Sikeston. And naming no names, a bunch of girl... (show all)s dragged me into the rest room and pretty nearly took me apart.'
"Miss Spaulding sighed. 'I am afraid, Blossom, it was something you must have said that ... excited their curiosity.'
" 'Oh, well, shoot,' I said. 'Any little thing will set them off.'
" 'Then along about sixth grade,' she continued, 'there was that blue racer snake that Maisie Markham found in her lunch bucket. The poor child actually put her hand on that thing, thinking it was liverwurst sausage. You will recall how the experience affected her digestion.'
" I remembered clearly. Anybody would. 'She's gained all that weight back since and then some.' "
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- 011.62 — Computer science, information & general works Bibliographies (books containing lists of books) Bibliographies by Authors Books for Children
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- PZ7 .P338 .D — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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