Soup's Drum

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Random House Children's Books, 1988 - Juvenile Fiction - 128 pages
It's love at first sight when Soup meets Juliet Rapture, the new girl at school. To impress her, Soup talks Rob into a scheme for the town's Fourth of July celebration. They plan on being the star attraction as they beat the gigantic drum.

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
13
Section 3
33
Copyright

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About the author (1988)

Robert Newton Peck was born in Vermont on February 17, 1928. During World War II, he served as a machine-gunner in the U.S. Army 88th Infantry Division between 1945 and 1947. He received a B.A. degree from Rollins College in 1953 and studied law at Cornell University. He worked as a lumberjack, in a papermill, killing hogs, and as an advertising executive before the publication of his first book, A Day No Pigs Would Die, in 1972. It was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 1973. His other works include Soup and Me, Soup on Ice, Cowboy Ghost, Horse Thief, and Bro.

Bibliographic information

TitleSoup's Drum
AuthorRobert Newton Peck
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House Children's Books, 1988
ISBN0440400031, 9780440400035
Length128 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Cooking & Food
  
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