Series: A Long Way From Chicago
by Author Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder (2002)
Audience: Older Children, TeensLexile 610The novel is set in 1937 during the depression. 15 year old Mary Alice is forced to leave Chicago because her father is out of work and her parents have to give up their apartment. She arrives by train to her Grandma Dowdel’s sleepy hick town. Upon arr...
A Long Way from Chicago (2004)
Richard Peck’s, A Long Way from Chicago is the first book in the trilogy about larger than life character Grandma Dowdel and her grandchildren, Joey and Mary Alice. (The second is A Year Down Yonder and the last is A Season Of Gifts.) Joey and Mary Alice are sent from Chicago to spend the summer...
A Season of Gifts (2009)
This was a satisfying conclusion to Richard Peck's trilogy "A Long Way From Chicago". Joey and Mary Alice have grown up and moved on, leaving Grandma Dowdell alone in her small town. The story is told from the point of view of Bob, a twelve year old preacher's kid that is new in town. We follow ...