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Peter thinks the only way he can reclaim his room is by declaring war on his grandfather. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, William Allen White Award, Tennessee Children's Choice Book Award, Parents' Choice Award, An IRA-CBC Children's Choice, Mark Twain Award, Young Hoosier Award, South Carolina... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Grandpa Jack: Peter's grandpa, who is very lonely.
- Steve: Add a description of this character.
- Billy
- Jenny: Peter's little sister
- Peter: The main character.
- Petey
- Grandma
- Jennifer
First Sentence edit
This is the true and real story of what happened when Grandpa came to live with us and took my room and how I went to war with him and him with me and what happened after that.
Table of Contents edit
1. Peter Stoke's True and Real Story
2. The Beginning
3. A Room Without Gloom
4. The Deadly Dinner
5. Sad and Blue as the Sky
6. I Promise
7. Bits and Pieces
8. Night Fright
9. Grandpa Jack
10. Another Night, Another Fright
11. Only a Dope Will Mope
12. A Little Help from My Friends
13. A Light in the Attic
14. War Is Declared!!!
15. It Takes Two Sides to Fight a War
16. The First Strategy Conference
17. Night Attack
18. The First Peace Conference
19. A Flag of Truce
20. A Slippery Customer
21. Strategy and Supplies
22. Slapshot
23. Time Out for Jenny
24. A Dirty Trick
25. And Dirty Words
26. Rocker and Roll
27. Go Fish
28. Playing Hardball
29. Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
30. Jenny the Spy
31. The Shoe Drops...Kerplunk!
32. The Last Strategy Conference
33. The Last Attack
34. War's End
35. Bottoms Up
36. Building the Peace
37. For My Teacher
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Kimmel Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Yearling
Country: U.S.A
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0440492769
Page Count: 160
Publisher: Yearling
Country: U.S.A
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0440492769
Page Count: 160
Awards edit
- Mark Twain Award (Missouri) (1987)
Subjects edit
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