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Book Description:
Each summer over the nine years of the Depression, Joey and his sister, Mary Alice - two city slickers from Chicago - make their annual summer visit to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, they find that it's far from sleepy... and Grandma is far from your typical grandmother.
From seeing their first corpse (and he isn't resting easy) to helping Grandma trespass, pinch property, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry - all in one day - Joey and Mary Alice have nine summers they'll never forget. Richard Peck's laugh-out-loud funny, episodic novel makes sure that you never will, either!
Awards for A Long Way from Chicago:
- The 1999 Newbery Honor Book
- A 1998 National Book Award Finalist
- An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
- A Riverbank Review 1999 Book of Distinction
From seeing their first corpse (and he isn't resting easy) to helping Grandma trespass, pinch property, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry - all in one day - Joey and Mary Alice have nine summers they'll never forget. Richard Peck's laugh-out-loud funny, episodic novel makes sure that you never will, either!
Awards for A Long Way from Chicago:
- The 1999 Newbery Honor Book
- A 1998 National Book Award Finalist
- An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
- A Riverbank Review 1999 Book of Distinction
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Cindy H. (I think this book was written for young adults, but this old adult loved it!! Part of its charm is that the setting is life in the slow lane...simple people, simple living...no batteries required! While Grandma is gruff, she is wise and loving in her own way. This is just fun, easy reading without violence, cussing or sex!
This is one of my favorite books, it will make you laugh so hard you'll end up in tears.
Kathy R. from PARKER, CO wrote on 4/4/2007...Fun
Erin C. from OGDEN, UT wrote on 9/14/2006...Read this one, then follow it with "A Year Down Yonder". Wonderful stories - for kids and adults alike.
Newberry honor book - really enjoyable.
ANNOTATION
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice -- two city slickers from Chicago -- make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back. August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma trespass, poach, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry -- all in one day. And there's more, as Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma's -- each one funnier than the year before -- in self-contained chapters that readers can enjoy as short stories or take together for a rollicking good novel. In the tradition of American humorists from Mark Twain to Flannery O'Connor, popular author Richard Peck has created a memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining.