The Teacher's Funeral

A Comedy in Three Parts

# of pages:  190

The story The Teacher's Funeral, A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck is about a brother and sister named Russell and Tansy. In the 190 pages of the book, they both intended to do something. This all started when Russell's school was about to close when his teacher Miss Ayrt Arbuckle died in August. But since Tansy was hired to become the new teacher, the school didn't shut down after all. Since Russell hated school, he began creating trouble for Tansy. She then tried to make Russell more mature and make him realize that school is the key to success. In the end, she was successful and Russell had a better life.