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Author Peck, Richard, 1934-

Title A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck.

Edition Puffin Modern Classics edition.
Publication Info. New York : Puffin Books, 2004.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1441758~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J PECK    ON HOLDSHELF
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Description 148 pages ; 18 cm
Note Originally published: [New York] : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Sequel: A year down yonder.
Contents Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground, 1929 -- The mouse in the milk, 1930 -- A one woman crime wave, 1931 -- The day of judgment, 1932 -- The phantom brakeman, 1933 -- Things with wings, 1934 -- Centennial summer, 1935 -- Troop train, 1942.
Summary A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Audience 750L Lexile
Note 750L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 5 27940
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 5 27940
Awards Newbery Medal Honor Book, 1999
Subject Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction.
Country life -- Illinois -- Juvenile fiction.
Illinois -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN 0142401102 (pbk.)
9780142401101 (pbk.)
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