Long Way from Chicago, A
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Set during the years 1929-1942, this novel recounts a boy and his sister's annual summer trips to rural Illinois to visit their eccentric grandmother. Grandma Dowdel, a remarkable larger-than-life character, continually astounds her "city-slicker" grandchildren with her nonconformist behavior and her gutsy, take-charge attitude. Want a few examples? 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.
9780142401101
Details
- Guided Reading Level
- V
- Accelerated Reader Level
- 5
- Lexile Reading Level
- 750
- Fiction / Nonfiction
- F
- Author
- Peck, Richard
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House LLC
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