01591cam a2200385 i 4500 623826510 TxAuBib 20060820120000.0 011226s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780803722903 $15.99 0803722907 $15.99 (OCoLC)38249685 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Peck, Richard, 1934-2018. A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck. First edition. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998. 148 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sequel: A year down yonder. What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visit to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? In the tradition of American humorists Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor, Richard Peck has created this memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining. 750L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 5 27940. 20060820. Newbery Medal Honor Book, 1999. Grandmothers Fiction. Depressions 1929 Fiction. Country life Illinois Fiction. Illinois Fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. TXKPL