DIAL BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
PENGUIN YOUNG READERS GROUP
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Copyright © 2016 by Richard Peck
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Ebook ISBN 9780698189737
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Peck, Richard, date, author.
Title: The best man / Richard Peck.
Description: New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2016] | Summary: “Archer has four important role models in his life—his dad, his grandfather, his uncle Paul, and his favorite teacher, Mr. McLeod. When Uncle Paul and Mr. McLeod get married, Archer’s sixth-grade year becomes one he’ll never forget”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015049803 | ISBN 9780803738393 (hardback)
Subjects: | CYAC: Family life—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Role models—Fiction. | Weddings—Fiction. | Gays—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues). | JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education.
Classification: LCC PZ7.P338 Bes 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015049803
Jacket art 2016 by Michael Arnold
Jacket design by Danielle Calotta and Maria Fazio
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.