Book #1
A Long Way from Chicago
Written by Richard Peck
10 - 14
Reading
age
148
Page
count
35,326
Word
count
Jan 1, 1998
Publication
date
Paperback
$8.99
$8.58
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.
A Long Way from Chicago Series
Published from 1998 - 2000
2 booksPaperback
$8.99$8.58
Paperback
$8.99$8.58
| Year | # | Title | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | A Long Way from Chicago | 148 |
| 2000 | 2 | A Year Down Yonder | 130 |
The Creative Behind the Books
Author
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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