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The setting feels very natural. I totally believe a woman like Grandma could exist. I guess, for adult readers, the stories are a bit predictable and repetitive. They all follow the same basic outline: A Long Way from Chicago is a quick, entertaining read. Dec 14, Brooke H rated it really liked it. Joe and Mary Alice leave Chicago every summer to visit their grandma in her little Illinois town. Whenever they visit their grandmother, she made it a fun time. Joe and Mary Alice didn't really notice that after they had their summer visit, they learned good traits as a person and the reader would learn more of how family is important and being a great person to family and other people.

If looking for a book to have laugh or learn about family and good traits to have as a person, I would pick up Joe and Mary Alice leave Chicago every summer to visit their grandma in her little Illinois town. If looking for a book to have laugh or learn about family and good traits to have as a person, I would pick up the book, A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck.

A long way of Chicago made me laugh and I learned good traits without noticing after I finished reading. I couldn't put this book down. Before I started the book, it was over. A Long Way from Chicago taught me more about family and how to live life to the fullest and have fun. This book takes place in Illinois during the Depression. So when Joe and Mary went to their grandmas, they would help other people in need of help during this hard period of time. This book reminds me of "Out of My Mind". It reminds me of this because when I was reading "Out of My Mind" I learned that everyone is a human being and everyone is different.

The theme of that book was family because Melody's parents where always there for her and tough me as a reader to always be a caring person because you never know when you or they will need you in the end. I recommend "A Long Way from Chicago" to people that are going to visit there grandparents or older relatives. I also would recommend this book to people that like historical fiction genres. Feb 19, Nana S. The book takes place in the 's during the time of the great depression when siblings Joey and Mary Alice spend a week at their grandma's house every summer for nine summers.

They thought spending a week at their grandma's house in her sleepy town might be boring. But it turns out that grandma's town is a lot less sleepy than Joey and Mary Alice thought. They help their grandma do everything from trespassing, to seeing the sheriff in his underwear, to feeding the hungry. Sometimes all in one day. The author tells the story in the eyes of Joey which I don't think is necessary because the story was mostly focused on grandma.

Joey and Mary Alice didn't do much in the story. Throughout the story grandma says she didn't care for her town but she's always doing her best to help her town. Like keeping away nosy reporters and feeding men who lost their jobs and now have no food to eat. Sort like a tough guy or bully who's afraid to admit his feelings. I can relate to how Joey and Mary Alice feel when they found out something they thought was boring was actually really interesting.

One career day when we went to the main event and I saw what it was going to be unlike last years main event. But it was actually really cool. People from an organization that helps take care of birds such as falcons or eagles brought some of the birds and let them fly over our heads.

I would recommend this book if you like hostorical fiction books with some humor. I thought this was an okay book. It's just not my kind of book. If it had more action I would have liked it better. Sep 29, Amy rated it it was amazing Shelves: Do you happen to have a hilarious grandma?

Or do you even know a really funny old lady? If so, you will adore this book. Her antics will keep you laughing and turning pages, for sure. Principal sitting at the back of the room laughing his head off.

It was the best walk-through I ever had. You need to read it! Also hilarious and awesome—it won the Newbery Award. A Long Way from Chicago received an honorable mention. This was so good! Funny at times that we both burst out laughing. Awesome sense of place and time, wonderful characters, entertaining stories. We both so thoroughly enjoyed it. I must admit, I dozed off towards the end of the book. So I asked Jake to tell me the ending.

As he explained the scene, I got all teary-eyed right there Ahhhh! As he explained the scene, I got all teary-eyed right there in the Indian food restaurant. I really wish there wasn't this stigma against choosing books that aren't marketed for your age group for lack of a better way to say it.

It's like grownups think they are not allowed to read a book that is not "for adults. But I'll bet there are very few people aside from librarians and maybe teachers?

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And it's truly a bummer because you shouldn't have to have children around to relish the genius of Richard Peck Nov 11, Nancy rated it it was amazing Shelves: Author Richard Peck started this novel as a short story, using his story "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as the first chapter when he discovered that his main character Grandma Dowdel couldn't be contained to just one story. The narrative structure is built around grandchildren Joey and Mary Alice visiting their Grandmother in rural Illinois every summer.

Growing up in Chicago, the two siblings have a lot to learn about small town living, and their crusty Grandmother's old fashioned Author Richard Peck started this novel as a short story, using his story "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" as the first chapter when he discovered that his main character Grandma Dowdel couldn't be contained to just one story. Growing up in Chicago, the two siblings have a lot to learn about small town living, and their crusty Grandmother's old fashioned ways.

Each chapter is written as a stand alone story, and cover the years between We see the children age into teens, and their relationship with their Grandmother matures. She is truly a force to be reckoned with, and has the proverbial kind heart underneath her gruff exterior. A lovely prologue and epilogue bookend the stories, and Grandma Dowdel is someone you will never ever forget! Feb 18, Susan Katz rated it it was amazing Shelves: The hero of this book remarks of his grandmother early on: Unpredictable, cantankerous, sly, and secretly, begrudgingly tender-hearted , she's an entertaining person to spend a summer vacation or a book with.

And when, as often happens in these stories, "all the laws of civilization has broke down," s The hero of this book remarks of his grandmother early on: And when, as often happens in these stories, "all the laws of civilization has broke down," she's a woman you want on your side. Each chapter presents a different summer visit to Grandma and a different episode of Grandma's outrageous but not exactly uncalled-for behavior.

She's a person I'd like to introduce to our congressional leaders. What she'd do would be bound to surprise me, but I'd surely end up wishing I'd thought of it myself. Nov 09, Erin rated it really liked it. This woman is not your typical grandma.

She is not always the best example of honesty, among other things. Yet she effectively solves a number of problems in the town and helps some of her grandchildren's dreams come true along the way. Grandma Dowdel makes for an interesting character, since she has such a gruff exterior, then unexpectedly does acts of quiet, true compassion. This story was highly entertaining, as well as heartwarming. I also really enjoyed getting a glimpse of a bygone era: This book is well worth your time. You've gotta love Grandma Dowdel. For instance, one morning the banker's prissy wife unexpectedly shows up on Grandma Dowdel's back porch.

Dowdel," she said through screen wire, "you see before you a woman at the end of her rope. It's that kind of forthright wit that makes Grandma Dowdel a gem. A teenager and her siblings are forced to move in with their Grandma because their parents are going through some hard times. They come to learn the true meaning of love, faith, and family from Grandma, through not only the strict rules she imposes, but also the strength and devotion she displays as the extended family has its ups and downs.

Utterly disgusting that this is rated PG. Do not watch this with your kids. It probably has a good ending of them overcoming and repenting of their mistakes, but because of what their mistakes were and what you see and is implied in this movie, it should at least be rated PG I'm a teenager, and I stopped watching it.

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