Screen LibraryA long way from Chicago /
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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| Published: |
Puffin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2011. ©1998 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| 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. |
| Item Description: | Includes excerpt from the author's A year down yonder. |
| Carrier Form: | 148, 14 pages ; 20 cm |
| Awards: |
Newbery Honor Book, 1999. National Book Award Finalist, 1998. |
| ISBN: |
9780141303529 0141303522 |
| Index Number: | PZ7 |
| CLC: | I712.84 |
| Call Number: | I712.84/P367-4 |
| Contents: | 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. |