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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: 148 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0803722907
  • 9780803722903
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7.P338 Ll 1998
Contents:
Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgment -- The phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- The troop train.
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1999
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.
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Sequel: A year down yonder.

Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgment -- 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.

Newbery Honor Book, 1999