
The Best Man - Richard Peck
Category: General Fiction
Tags: General Fiction, Children, LGBT
When Archer is in sixth grade, his beloved uncle Paul marries another manArchers favorite student teacher. But thats getting ahead of the story, and a wonderful story it is. In Archers sweetly nave but observant voice, his life through elementary school is recounted: the outspoken, ever-loyal friends he makes, the teachers who blunder or inspire, and the family members who serve as his role models. From one exhilarating, unexpected episode to another, Archers story rolls along as he puzzles over the people in his life and the kind of person he wants to becomeand manages to help his uncle become his best self as well.












