A Long Way from Chicago
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A Long Way from Chicago

by Richard Peck

1998•Family•160 pages

Taste attributes: familycomedyhistoricalwholesomerealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringunlikely connectionsfool triumphanthuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeWarm-hearted and emotional: a family novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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5.0 / 5

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About This Book

What 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? August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy. August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyComedyHistoricalUnlikely connectionsFool triumphantHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Juvenile Fiction - Family - SiblingsJuvenile Fiction - Short StoriesJuvenile fictionDepressionsGrandmothersCountry lifeHistorical fictionNewbery Honor

Details

Author
Richard Peck
Published
1998
Pages
160
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