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A Long Way from Chicago - (Puffin Modern Classics) by Richard Peck (Paperback)
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- Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother!
- 10 Years
- 6.96" x 5.52" Paperback
- 148 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Historical
- Series Name: Puffin Modern Classics
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Readers can join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable--their grandmother--in this repackaged edition of Peck's classic novel.Book Synopsis
Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother!Review Quotes
A rollicking celebration of an eccentric grandmother and childhood memories. ("School Library Journal", starred review)
"A rollicking celebration of an eccentric grandmother and childhood memories"
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.
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