Soup for President

By Robert Newton Peck and Richard Peck

Book Overview

Everyone in Miss Kelly's class is excited about the upcoming election for school president. The good news is that Rob's best friend, Soup, is the boys' candidate, and the bad news is that the girls' candidate is Rob's sweetheart, Norma Jean Bissell. Soup is sure he's a cinch to win with Rob as his campaign manager and schemes up some exciting and dangerous advertising, never thinking about the consequences. As the days go by, Rob's still not certain whom to vote for, especially when he receives a secret note from Norma Jean. The only thing he's certain of is no matter which way he votes, he's going to be in big trouble! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440802555
• ISBN13: 9780440802556
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

You Must Read This Book

"Soup For President" by Robert Newton Peck, is a great novel! Soup(one of the main characters) is a courageous kid who wants everyone to know him. He is doing everything he can to win the school election. Rob is Soup's best friend. He is handing out flyers for Soup, so that way he isn't doing anything to get in trouble. Soup now wants to paint his name on a barn wall to promote his campaign, as but Rob is against the whole...

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Have you ever heard of a book with a very close election? Well you've come to the right place.This book is very funny and its about a boy named Soup and his best friend Robert. Soup is running for president against Norma Jean Bissel. Shes a girl in the school that is also running for president. I gave this book 5 stars because its very exiting. I think you should read it it's the bom

Soup for President

You have to read this book!Do you want to read a book that has a electionin it its very exciting. This book is very funny you would like it. It has a boy named Soup who is runing for president of his class. The other person runing is a popular girl. There are 14 boys and 14 girls.This book takes place in Vermont. Soup does some funny stuff to make people vote for him. I gave this book 4 stars because its very surprising...