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Author Peck, Richard, 1934-2018.

Title Remembering the good times / Richard Peck.

Publication Info. New York : Laurel Leaf Books, 1986.
©1985

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA Fic Peck Rem 1986        Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo
Description 181 pages ; 18 cm.
Series Laurel-leaf contemporary fiction
Laurel-leaf contemporary fiction.
Summary Trav, Kate, and Buck make up a trio during their freshman year in high school, but their special friendship may not be enough to save Trav as he pressures himself relentlessly to succeed, in his own eyes as well as in the eyes of his parents and the world. A strong friendship between 2 boys & a girl is destroyed when one of them commits suicide. How well do we know our best friends? They were the best of friends. Sixteen-year-old Buck Mendenhall first met Kate Lucas the summer before seventh grade. In eighth grade they made friends with the brilliant and wealthy newcomer, Trav Kirby. They didn't seem to need anyone else. Mostly they looked forward to the good times shared at Kate's house. It didn't matter if their classmates wondered about them; no one could unravel their binding ties. At least that's what they thought. When one of the trio finds the future too great a threat, the other two can only wonder: "How well did we know our best friend?" "With humanity, wit, and a quiet intensity, Peck's novel depicts suicide as a turning point inward of the pressures in an alienated and violent society."
Provenance Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo
Subject Friendship -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Friendship.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Subject Friendships.
Genre/Form Fiction.
ISBN 0440973392
9780440973393