A Long Way from Chicago
A Long Way from Chicago

A Long Way from Chicago

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10 - 14
Reading age
148
Page count
238
Words per page
750L
Lexile measure
Apr 12, 2004
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A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

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      Richard Peck

      RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O’Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn BookAward Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher’s Funeral. He was the first children’s author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780142401101
    Publication Date
    April 12, 2004
    Publisher
    Puffin Books
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 1998
    Page Count
    148
    Words Per Page
    238
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 14 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    98010953
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    45231986
    Lexile® Level
    750L
    Scholastic Level
    V
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    27940
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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