Nine Man Tree

By Robert Newton Peck

Book Overview

From the author of the best-selling classic A Day No Pigs Would Die In Depression-era Florida, twelve-year-old Yoolee's main concern in life is protecting his little sister, Havilah, and his long-suffering mother, Ruth Ann, from the violent rages of his alcoholic father. Then another horror enters their lives when the tiny swampland settlement is stalked by an enormous--and voracious--wild boar. When Yoolee's father disappears on a drunken binge, it's up to Yoolee to protect his family once again. In this spellbinding adventure and compelling coming-of-age novel, Robert Newton Peck continues his tradition of providing fine literature for young adult readers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679892575
• ISBN13: 9780679892571
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

I, an almost-50 yrs. old woman, enjoyed this immensely!

I enjoyed this book so thoroughly, I am looking forward to reading his well-known book, "A Day No Pigs Would Die."Just one example to illustrate Mr. Peck's prose style. Yoolee and Havilah were watching their Uncle Bib's womanfriend, named Sugar, getting onto a hammock that the Uncle had hung up between two "black mangrove trees." Sugar, her "feet up and shoes off, her chubbiness sagged a big bulge in the hammock. She filled it like a breeze to a frigate." The bulge is as big as the reader's imagination allows. However, filling the hammock "like a breeze to a frigate," that leaves no doubt as to the size of the bulge!This is a heartwarming story inspite of some really horrid scenes described in here because Mr. Peck has skillfully weaved in some comic reliefs throughout.