A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
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Book Description
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 Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk.
August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice hel... More
August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk.
August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice hel... More
Book Information
Publisher | Listening Library |
Binding | Audio CD (34 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 4 |
ISBN-10 | 0307243206 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0307243201 |
Publication Date | 05/10/2005 |
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About Ron McLarty (Narrator, Reader) : Ron McLarty is a published author and a narrator of children's books, young adult books, and adult books. Some of the published credits of Ron McLarty include The Memory of Running (Unabridged), The M... more
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3/17/2008 Siri Feeney said: Grandma Dowdell is my hero. I want to be like her when I grow up.
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
5/1/2007 Abby Joy said: Excellent YA book. Fully of great history, humor and emotion.
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
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