The Educational Paperback Association
2004 Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award
presented to
Richard Peck
January 26, 2005
EPA Annual Meeting
Santa Fe, New Mexico

For fearlessly addressing the issues of young people. For asking questions most adults don't realize they haven't asked.

For holding fast to the solid Midwestern sensibility that anchors his work.

For knowing that above all else a writer's job is to entertain. For earning his readership with every page.

For listening with respect to his young audience and responding with the stories of their lives.