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The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts

(2004, Fiction - Humor, Written by Richard Peck)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9.
  • Is it any good?

    5.0
  • Common Sense says

    Funny, fascinating, and exquisite historical tale.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 9 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    A fistfight between two teens, and a fairly graphic description of hog-butchering.
  • Sex:

    A reference to growing breasts.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    The boys try to smoke a buggy whip. A town drunk is mentioned.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts

Parents need to know that Richard Peck is a master at packing even his lightest books with deeper meaning and thought-provoking ideas. Here they include the nature and purpose of education, transformation wrought by technology, the complexity of family relationships, the ways people judge and are judged, and, at the end, the ways in which "the child is father of the man."

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  • Families can talk about education. Why is Russell so eager to pursue physically demanding work instead of an education?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Georgia
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 4.0

    A Awesome book

    i actually dont know any thing about this book XD

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 4 and give it 1.0

    it was amazingly HORRIBLE!

    this book was one of the worst books i have ever read in my entire life. I have no idea why they call it a comedy because it was not funny whatsoever i din't even understand the storyline because it was so dumb... it had alot of bad grammar too wich made it really really hard to read. I dont reccomend this book to annyone because it was so dumb and borning.

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 3.0

    BORING

    I couldn't read this book without falling asleep. It's not funny! It's not a good read! WAY to country like! WAY to BORING!!!!

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 0.0

    WORST BOOK EVER!!!!

    WORST BOOK I EVER READ!! WE WERE REQUIRED TO READ IT AT SCHOOL AND 23 OUT OF 24 KIDS HATED IT!! INCLUDING ME! DO NOT READ! WARNING: DO NOT READ

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in Tennessee
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 0.0

    this was a horrible book

    I advise anyone who was planning on reading this book that is not a good book it bored me to death! I only read it because I had too! This would be a good book for you if you are looking for a book with a lot of dry humor. I strongly advise you not to read this book!

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