A Long Way from Chicago is a short story cycle by Richard Peck. The stories involve the grandmother of Mary Alice and Joey Dowdel, who spend their summers with her. Grandma is a nutty and daring lady who is not afraid to get revenge or break the law. In one story, "The Mouse in the Milk," Grandma hatches a plan to catch some boys trying to steal from her and threatens to ruin their milk delivery business. In "A One-Woman Crime Wave," Grandma steals the sheriff's boat to go fishing.
A Year Down Yonder The 4 5 A class just finished reading A Year Down Yonder This Newberry Award winning sequel to A Long Way From Chicago is written by Richard Peck A Year Down Yonder stars Mary Alice Dowdel and her trigger happy grandma the one and only and feared Grandma Dowdel Mary Alices parents have gone off to find better jobs amidst the Great Depression and her older brother Joey has joined the C C C Civilian Conservation Corps And the only place left for Mary Alice is her not so ladylik
Review of a Newbery Award When starting this project I began by thinking of which books I read as child that I still remember and those that made a lasting impact After remembering a few of those books Hatchet Holes Shiloh and The Giver I was initially surprised at how many of them had won Newbery Medals and Honors However the reason I probably read those books instead of others is because they were deserved winners of this award However the one book that stood out for me was Holes by Louis Sac