A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories
Record details
- ISBN: 0803722907
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Physical Description:
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148 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgement -- The phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- The troop train. |
Summary, etc.: | A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother. |
Target Audience Note: | 5-8 4.2 Follett Library Resources 7-9 Baker & Taylor |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR 5.0 5.0 27940 |
Awards Note: | Newbery Honor Book, 1999. Nutmeg Award Nominee, [Intermediate], 2002. Newbery Medal/Honor. |
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Subject: | Grandmothers Fiction Country life Illinois Fiction Depressions 1929 Fiction Illinois Fiction |
Topic Heading: | 2008 SSES Fifth Grade Summer Reading Eli Terry Jr. Middle School 2010 7th Grade Summer Reading List |
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