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The Resource A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories, Richard Peck

A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories, Richard Peck

Label
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories
Title
A long way from Chicago
Title remainder
a novel in stories
Statement of responsibility
Richard Peck
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Member of
Awards note
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1999
  • National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist, 1998
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1934-2018
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Peck, Richard
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • Middle School
  • 750
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
  • MG
  • MG
  • 6-8
LC call number
PZ7.P338
LC item number
Ll 1998
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
  • 5.0
  • 5.0
  • 4.6
Series statement
Grandma Dowdel
Series volume
1
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts RC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Grandmothers
  • Grandmothers
  • Depressions
  • Depressions
  • Country life
  • Country life
  • Illinois
  • Illinois
  • Grandmothers
  • Depressions
  • Country life
  • Illinois
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • Country life
  • Depressions
  • Grandmothers
  • Illinois
  • Grandmothers
  • Great Depression, 1929-1939
  • Country life
  • Illinois
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories, Richard Peck
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Sequel: A year down yonder
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocm38249685
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
148 pages
Isbn
9780141303529
Lccn
98010953
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)38249685
Label
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories, Richard Peck
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
Sequel: A year down yonder
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocm38249685
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
148 pages
Isbn
9780141303529
Lccn
98010953
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)38249685

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