Title:
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck.
ISBN:
9780803722903
9780142401101
9780141303529
9780439240925
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1998]
©1998
Physical Description:
148 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
Sequel: A year down yonder.
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor Book, 1999
Newbery Medal Honor Book, 1999
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.
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 5.0 27940.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 4.6 10 Quiz: 17319 Guided reading level: V.
Geographic Term:
Audience:
750L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm38249685
Availability:
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Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
Eagan - Wescott~1
