A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
by Richard Peck
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Author: Richard PeckEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-04-12
ISBN: 0142401102
Number of pages: 160
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Puffin
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Book Review: Grandma is Spry
Summary: 5 Stars
In perhaps his best known work, the stories of Richard Peck shine more than any tale of early America by Mark Twain ever could. The characters and era are layered in such a way that the historical time comes to life in these fictional pages.
Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel spend a week each August with their grandma in Southern Illinois starting in the time they reached school age until high school. Yet the adventures grandma leads her grandchildren on were hardly a reflection of a woman dealing with old age. Allegedly a respected elder, grandma proves as mischivous as any child. From the plane ride depicted on the front cover of the book to the mouse in the milk, there was never a dull summer with grandma.
"A Long Way from Chicago" is fast paced and certain to bring a smile to reader's faces with its recollections of a simpler time. Peck is the type of writer that makes children excited about reading, and I commend him for his work.
Summary of A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)
Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother!1900s Books
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