A Place for Peter
Author:
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator:
Nora S. Unwin
Publication:
1952 by Coward-McCann, Inc.
Genre:
Fiction
Pages:
184
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Book Guide
A Place for Peter, a fiction by Elizabeth Yates, insightfully depicts a boy’s struggle to become a man. In this sequel to the Newbery Honor book Mountain Born, Peter endeavors to prove to his father that he is dependable. As he throws himself into the work of the farm, he grows into strength and into his father’s trust. But the ultimate test of his courage comes from the fangs of a rattlesnake.
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Elizabeth Yates
1905 - 2001American
Devotion to pencil and typewriter runs like a theme through this . . . autobiography. The often discouraging and seemingly endless apprenticeship fi... See more
Nora S. Unwin
1907 - 1982British
The land of kings and castles, knights and princesses, is the England of George MacDonald's stories, and it is this storybook England that Nora S. U... See more
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A Place for Peter
Reviewed by Kate Phillips
A Place for Peter is the sequel to Mountain Born, but either of the books can be read as a stand-alone. This book continues the story of Peter...
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A Place for Peter
Novelist and writer of juveniles, among them the Amos Fortune winner of the Newbery Award, with a New Hampshire story of a...
A Place for Peter
A Place for Peter is a good choice for boys who are avid readers and enjoy character-driven, literary coming-of-age stories...
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