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Highlights
- A Newbery Honor Book A summer they'll never forget.
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2001 4th Winner, New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (Children's) 1999 1st Winner
- 10 Years
- 7.74" x 5.06" Paperback
- 176 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure
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About the Book
Each summer throughout the nine years of the Great Depression, Joey and his sister Mary Alice from Chicago visit their grandmother's sleepy Illinois town. Each summer they discover a visit to Grandma Dowdel's is far from typical.Book Synopsis
A Newbery Honor Book A summer they'll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--visit Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, they find that it's far from sleepy...and Grandma is far from your typical grandmother. From seeing their first corpse (and he isn't resting easy) to helping Grandma trespass, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry--all in one day--Joey and Mary Alice have nine summers they'll never forget!"A rollicking celebration of an eccentric grandmother and childhood memories." --School Library Journal, starred review "Each tale is a small masterpiece of storytelling." --The Horn Book, starred review "Grandma Dowdel embodies not only the heart of a small town but the spirit of an era gone by...Remarkable and fine." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review A Newbery Honor Book
A National Book Award Finalist
An ALA Notable Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
About the Author
RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O'Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn BookAward Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher's Funeral. He was the first children's author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.74 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .32 Pounds
Suggested Age: 10 Years
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: Action & Adventure
Publisher: Dial Books
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Richard Peck
Language: English
Street Date: October 9, 2000
TCIN: 88893774
UPC: 9780141303529
Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-7028
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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