long way from Chicago: a novel in stories, A
By Peck, Richard
On the shelf in the Eighth Grade
Call Number:
PEC
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AR Test Information is Available.
Level 5
Points 5
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.
Notes: 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.
long way from Chicago: a novel in stories, A won the award Newberry.