{"product_id":"a-long-way-from-chicago-isbn-9780803722903","title":"A Long Way from Chicago","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Newbery Honor Winner and National Book Award Finalist is an unforgettable modern classic and features the debut of the larger-than-life Grandma Dowdel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice—two city slickers from Chicago—make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugust 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back.\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma trespass, poach, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eall in one day.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd there's more, as Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma's—each one funnier than the year before—in self-contained chapters that readers can enjoy as short stories or take together for a rip-roaringly good novel. In the tradition of American humorists from Mark Twain to Flannery O'Connor, popular author Richard Peck has created a memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNewbery Honor Winner\u003cbr\u003eNational Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003eALA Best Book for Young Adults\u003cbr\u003eALA Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A rollicking celebration of an eccentric grandmother and childhood memories.”—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A novel that skillfully captures the nuances of small-town life […] Remarkable and fine.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Fresh, warm and anything but ordinary.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD 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\u003ci\u003e A Year Down Yonder\u003c\/i\u003e, a Newbery Honor for \u003ci\u003eA Long Way from Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, the Scott O’Dell Award for \u003ci\u003eThe River Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for \u003ci\u003eAre You in the House Alone?\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003eAward Honor for \u003ci\u003eThe Best Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Christopher Medal for \u003ci\u003eThe Teacher’s Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the first children’s author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dial Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302396678373,"sku":"NP9780803722903","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780803722903_bbf317a2-037a-4f26-9ef1-52c6d01ff24a.jpg?v=1742927343","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-long-way-from-chicago-isbn-9780803722903","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}