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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780142401101
ISBN number: 0142401102
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: April 12, 2004
Publishing house: Puffin
Age index: Ages 9-12
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Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable—their grandmother!
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In perhaps his best known work, the stories of Richard Peck shine more than any tale of early America by Mark Twain ever could. The characters and era are layered in such a way that the historical time comes to life in these fictional pages.
Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel spend a week each August with their grandma in Southern Illinois starting in the time they reached school age until high school. Yet the adventures grandma leads her grandchildren on were hardly a reflection of a woman dealing with old age. Allegedly a respected elder, grandma proves as mischivous as any child. From the plane ride depicted on the front cover of the book to the mouse in the milk, there was never a dull summer with grandma.
"A Long Way from Chicago" is fast paced and certain to bring a smile to reader's faces with its recollections of a simpler time. Peck is the type of writer that makes children excited about reading, and I commend him for his work.
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This book came in within 5 days and was in excellent condition. It was as good as or better than I expected.
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Peck's narrative style is humerous and engaging that manages to extract insights from odd adventures. The laugh out loud scenes and the characters make this a joy to read. At the same time painting a endearing and thought provoking picture of a small-town life America going through some hard times.Young readers will love the bond between them. Don't we all want a Grandma Dowell in our lives!
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This book is a great read for ages 12-14, but I would recomend it to anyone. This book deals with family relationships that seem a little odd at first, but by the end, the reader sees that it doesn't matter how different you may be, family is family, and those relationships are important. In this book, the children's grandmother is a little unconventional, but she still loves her grandchildren, even if she has strange ways of showing it. The children in the book learn to accept and appreciate their grandmother for who she is, and they realize that they do enjoy visiting her, even though she does live "A long way from Chicago." I loved this book! It is very funny and fast paced. I think that middle school students would enjoy it.
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This book is superb and will bring back memories to all children who spent time with a feisty grandmother. I am one of them. Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel are in their early double digits in years and live in Chicago. Every year they leave the city and spend the summer with their grandmother in a small town. The timeframe is during the depression of the 1930's, so there is little in the way of extra.
Grandma is a hard working woman who takes nothing from anybody. When the local set of brothers lacking a bit in the intelligence area try to break into her house at night and scare an old woman, her solution is to roll a cherry bomb at them, turn on the light and then hold them at gunpoint with a double-barreled shotgun. She then sends Joey to fetch their parents and tells him to hurry before she shoots them.
This and other stories make for a delightful book of adventures, the children work hard, eat hard and learn a lot of lessons about how to tackle life. It is a bit sad in the end as the children grow up and no longer have any interest in spending the summer with grandma. The story ends with Joey on a troop train during World War II that is passing through grandma's town. It is easy to see why this book was a finalist for the national book award.
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