Title:
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories
Author:
Peck, Richard, 1934-2018
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1998]
©1998
Physical Description:
148 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
General Note:
Sequel: A year down yonder.
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgment -- The phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- The troop train.
Reading Level:
750 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 5.0 27940.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 4.6 10 Quiz: 17319 Guided reading level: V.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780803722903
Format :
Book
