Soup 1776 - Hardcover

Peck, Robert Newton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679873201 ISBN 13: 9780679873204

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1995

Synopsis

The invincible Soup Vinson and his hapless best friend, Rob, are helping to plan their town's annual Fourth of July celebration.  But the fireworks begin early when the duo start their research and discover that some uppity citizens have purposely ignored the significant contributions of Native Americans to the town's history.  Soup and Rob decide to right the wrong--as only they can. With all the action and high jinks that have made Soup books perennial favorites, Soup 1776 is revolutionary fun!  

About this title

From Booklist:

Gr. 4^-7. In his fourteenth story about Soup and sidekick Rob, Peck resorts to nonstop one-liners, double entendres, and slapstick humor involving dropped drawers, pigeon droppings and curvaceous "patootsies," while he lambastes political correctness and historical revisionists. This time the duo are writing the script for Learning's Fourth of July pageant, a task that necessitates discovering what really happened in 1776, then rewriting history, manipulating a cast of befuddled townspeople, professional wrestlers, and loutish lumberjacks. Adults may find Peck's humor is heavy-handed and sophomoric ("My soul throbbed like a happy hemorrhoid" ), with Soup portrayed as a bombastic, hyperactive hellion, and Rob a dithering, compliant companion. Preteens, however, may not be quite so critical and will probably find the silly characters and predictable mayhem hilarious. Chris Sherman

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5?Soup is back and causing more trouble for the good folks of Learning, VT. Here, he volunteers his sidekick, Rob Peck, to write a Fourth of July play that is historically accurate. Unfortunately, no one in the town can seem to agree on what actually happened back in 1776. Rob remains the level-headed character that readers love and with whom they can identify, but as usual, Soup is the one who steals the show. The action is fast paced as readers try to unravel the mystery of the secret ingredient Soup has in mind to make this play a blast. And a blast it is! Well written and fun to read.?Connie Pierce, Signal Mountain Public Library, TN
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About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679873201
• ISBN 13: 9780679873204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 137