A Long way From Chicago : : a Novel in Stories

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Call Number: R Newbery Honor 1999, Y Fiction / Peck, Richard, Kids Book / Fiction / Historical / Peck, Richard
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout	R Newbery Honor 1999	0-week checkout	Library Use Only
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Peck, Richard	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Peck, Richard	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Historical / Peck, Richard	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Historical / Peck, Richard	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Youth level.
Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgement -- The phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- The troop train.
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

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Budding children's book writer reviews A Long Way from Chicago submitted by unknown on June 23, 2018, 11:53am Author Richard Peck recently passed away, and I am on a quest to read all his books. This one is in a 3-part series, all of which include Grandma Dowdel, a larger-than-life widow who takes what life throws at her and thrives. The chapters follow the granddaughter for a year in the local high school. (She's sent there by her parents when the father loses his job, and they must move to a one-room rental. Her brother goes off to work in the Civilian Conservation Corps.) At the beginning of the story, the girl is mortified by her grandmother's weirdness and eccentricity. But as the year progresses, and Grandma helps her solve things at school and in her personal life that she cannot do on her own, she comes to accept and love her grandma deeply. This deals with class and social standing, poverty, ingeniousness, the value of industry and persisting in the face of awfulness, and is a great book.

Hilarious submitted by hduke on June 22, 2019, 12:24pm Grandma Dowel is feisty, fun, and full of heart - larger than life in these enjoyable stories set during the Great Depression. This book is well worth your time.