A Long Way From Chicago
Ratings17
Average rating4.2
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Ratings17
Average rating4.2
What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice -- two city slickers from Chicago -- make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy. August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk. August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma to trespass, pinch property, poach, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry -- all in one day. And there's more -- much more -- as Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma's, each one funnier and more surprising than the year before. In the grand storytelling tradition of American humorists from Mark Twain to Flannery O'Connor, Richard Peck has created a memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining. And year round, you are sure to enjoy your stay with them. - Back cover.
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3 primary booksA Long Way from Chicago is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1890 with contributions by Richard Peck.
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Not really sure why it took me so long to read this. This story was a fun little read.
This is a fun read. I read the second in the series first, and had to go back to read the first. The author writes with the perfect amount of adjectives and with great characters. I'm glad I picked this up between a couple longer reads.
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