A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories /
Peck, Richard, 1934-
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck. - 1st ed. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998. - 148 p. ; 22 cm.
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
0803722907 9780803722903
98010953
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Country life--Illinois--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Fiction.
Country life--Juvenile fiction.
Illinois--Fiction.
Illinois--Fiction.
Illinois--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.P338 / P366l 1998 PS3566.E2526 / L66 1998
[Fic]
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck. - 1st ed. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998. - 148 p. ; 22 cm.
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
0803722907 9780803722903
98010953
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Country life--Illinois--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Fiction.
Country life--Juvenile fiction.
Illinois--Fiction.
Illinois--Fiction.
Illinois--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.P338 / P366l 1998 PS3566.E2526 / L66 1998
[Fic]