A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
- ISBN-10
- 0142401102
- ISBN-13
- 9780142401101
- Series
- A Long Way From Chicago
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Puffin Modern Classics
- Author
- Richard Peck
Description
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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