Peter Graves

by William Pène du Bois

Book Overview

During a rather hazardous game of follow-the-leader, Peter Graves accidentally destroys the home of the mysterious inventor Houghton Furlong. Determined to earn the money necessary to rebuild the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140347844
• ISBN13: 9780140347845
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

My Favorite Book (in 4th Grade)

At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, they don't write them like this anymore. When I was in fourth grade, I was constantly checking this one out of the library at Blue Creek School. It had everything a quiet-on-the-outside/wishful-adventurer-on-the-inside sort of kid could ever want.Fortunately, about ten years ago I bought a copy of the reprint, but soon after that it vanished from the shelves, again.If any book deserves to be reprinted, it is this one. Today's books for young people lack a certain quality that was found in "Peter Graves" and books like it...a quality of adventure and excitement. As a nine year old boy, I suspect I thought, "Yeah, this is fiction, but wouldn't it be great to be this kid?"

A Childhood favorite of mine - I must find it for my son.

This book is etched in my memory from childhood. I remember it as captivating. Recently, my son(and I) had the good fortune to receive "Twenty One Balloons" as a birthday present. I was so excited, it brought back wonderful memories. He has read it five times(He is 9 y.o.). If you can find it - grab it, but don't take the last copy...I'm still in pursuit.

A well-written book. I recommend this to all ages.

Everyone is afraid of the crazy inventor Houghton Furlong, and Peter Graves, a tough village boy, is no exception. When Peter accidentally destroys Houghton's house, he vows to earn the money to rebuild it. With a strange antigravity invention called Furloys, Peter and Houghton create a sensation. Earning money is no problem; but then Llewelyn Pierpont Boopfaddle shows up and ruins Peter's stunts.... A MUST READ!

GET THIS BOOK BACK IN PRINT! Charming for kids AND adults

Houghton Furlong is the genial inventor of an antigravitymaterial called Furloy. Peter Graves is an imaginativeboy of fourteen who accidentally destroys Houghton's house while trying out one of Houghton's inventions. The story is really about marketing! Equipped only with six Furloy balls, each with an antigravity pull of fifty pounds, Houghton and Peter must somehow use them to earn enough money to rebuild Houghton's house. (How would YOU do it?) The story is fascinating, and the illustrations are as wonderful as the story.