Pub Date: October 1, 2000
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 99043159
Lexile Code: 0670
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.68" H x 8.52" L x 5.68" W ( 0.66 lbs) 144 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational | Historical | United States 20th Century | Classics | Lifestyles | Country Life
Description: During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois for a year and comes to a better understanding her.
Review Quotes: "In this hilarious and poignant sequel to A Long Way to Chicago, Peck once again shows that country life is anything but boring." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Again, Peck has created a delightful, insightful tale that resounds with a storyteller's wit, humor, and vivid description." --School Library Journal "With the same combination of wit, gentleness, and outrageous farce as Peck's Newbery Honor book, Long Way from Chicago, this sequel tells the story of Joey's younger sister, Mary Alice, 15, who spends the year of 1937 back with Grandma Dowdel in a small town in Illinois." --Booklist