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A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics) Spiral-Bound | 2004-04-12

Richard Peck

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Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother!
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 160 pages
ISBN-10: 0142401102
Item Weight: 0.3 lbs
Dimensions: 5.0 x 0.4 x 7.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 10,001 to 50,000 ratings
A rollicking celebration of an eccentric grandmother and childhood memories. (School Library Journal, starred review)

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.