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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lindapanzo's 75 books x 2		266	alcottacre, Today 1:10am
999 Challenge : bell7's crazy/hopeful -- 999 x 2		135	ivyd, Yesterday 12:35pm
50 Book Challenge : bell7's second part of 2009 - 50 books again		98	bell7, Tuesday 9:28pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Young Adult		414	ThePam, Thursday 10:33am
50 Book Challenge : 2009 with ChocolateMuse		238	ChocolateMuse, December 16
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads - Take 11		220	mckait, December 6
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Whisper1(Linda) Thread #7		433	Whisper1, December 2
Read YA Lit : Read Aloud Suggestion for middle school?		15	ShannonMDE, November 19
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Terri's 2nd 75 books		256	tloeffler, November 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : ladywithabook's 2009 reads		77	FlossieT, October 12
Children's Fiction : Books for 5th Graders		28	callen610, October 9
Newbery Challenge : pbadeer's		3	Whisper1, October 7
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 2009 "What I did with my time" list		90	thomasandmary, September 23
Newbery Challenge : Whisper's attempt at the NewBerry winners		19	SHARONTHEIL, September 10
Children's Fiction : non-series books to read aloud to 9 and 12 year olds?		48	keeneam, August 15
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : WilowRaven's 75		134	WilowRaven, August 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Dk_phoenix's 75-Book Adventure Through Words		228	dk_phoenix, July 6
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 5		314	nannybebette, June 10
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Whisper1's reading list take three		255	Whisper1, May 5
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 2		244	TadAD, May 2
Read YA Lit : What are you reading in March?		23	MerryMary, April 11
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Whisper's 2009 Reading Take Two		291	Whisper1, March 30
Book talk : I need some advice about great books.		12	Mysterion, February 23
Historical Fiction : genre terms and definitions		11	margad, July 2008
Dormant: Read YA Lit : Girls in Boys' Roles.		18	MerryMary, December 2007
Dormant: Read YA Lit : September -- What are you reading?		46	araKnid, October 2007
Dormant: Children's Fiction : Newbery Challenge		36	pdxwoman, September 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 Dec 2006		105	bettyjo, December 2006

... year and enjoyed them very much. Here Lies the Librarian is not his best, IMHO, but it is still good. I really liked A Long Way from Chicago - you may want to give it a try, Linda.

... group for fans of Diana Wynne Jones http://www.librarything.com/groups/dianawynnejones I've only read one by Richard Peck, A long way from Chicago which was a wonderful book.

I love Richard Peck for reading aloud including A Long Way from Chicago, A Year Down Yonder, and Here Lies the Librarian.

... they seem downright eccentric, especially their next door neighbor Mrs. Dowdel. Readers who have already discovered A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder will enjoy revisiting beloved characters from a new point of view, and readers who have read neither will not lose out a ...

... they seem downright eccentric, especially their next door neighbor Mrs. Dowdel. Readers who have already discovered A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder will enjoy revisiting beloved characters from a new point of view, and readers who have read neither will not lose out a ...

Terri I enjoyed a Long Way From Chicago. It was deserving of the Newbery Award.

30. A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck. This was a great little audiobook that I listened to on my li'l MP3 player at work while I was doing mindless tasks. It worked out perfect. Stories of Chicago kids visiting their grandmother in the "country" every year, and the adventures they ...

... 56) The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen 57) Bashan and I by Thomas Mann 58) Skin by Roald Dahl 59) A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck 60) Missing May by Cynthia Rylant 61) Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 62) Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt 63) ...

... by Christopher Paul Curtis 53. How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor 54. Looking for Red by Angela Johnson 55. A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck Still working my way through a lot of children's literature for my classes. I enjoyed all of the above, especially #49 and 55. I ...

... ord 2005H - Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko 2001W - Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck 1999H - Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck 1996H - Great Fire by Jim Murphy 1996H - Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis 1996W - Midwife ...

#93: I read Peck's book A Long Way from Chicago earlier this year and loved it. I will give Through a Brief Darkness a try. Thanks for the recommendation!

... and joined and wanted to drop a line and say hi :) Read any Newbery books lately? I think the last one I finished was A Long Way from Chicago. I found a used copy of A Wrinkle in Time recently - I think that will be my next.

... Whisper1, Have you read A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck? It won the Newbery medal in 2001 and is a sort of sequel to A Long Way from Chicago.

#71: I am another fan of A Long Way from Chicago. Thanks for the info about another Grandma Dowdel book.

#48 A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck Youth Fiction The 1st Grandma Dowdel book. I read the 2nd one already :) Each chapter tells of a week each summer that Joey and Mary Alice spend with their grandmother in her ...

... - nonfiction; interesting biography of Laura Bridgman, although parts of the book dragged; guarded recommendation 210. A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck - juvenile; another Whisper recommendation and another good one; highly recommended 211. Chosen by Ted Dekker - I had ...

... that your library is so incredible, it is wonderful to know you added so many of my books to your tbr pile. I really liked a Long Way from Chicago. The character of the grandmother is delightful.

I am currently reading A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck, another Whisper recommendation.

#24 I agree with you regarding Here Lies the Librarian. While I liked it, it couldn't compare to A Long Way From Chicago.

12. Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck I read about this book here on LT. While I loved A Long Way from Chicago, I was disappointed with this one. Therefore, I'm not going to take the time to review it.

... 200px; margin-right:10px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0340778032.01._SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 7. A long way from Chicago, by Richard Peck Richard Peck was recommended in Whisper1's thread, and so I got this book from the library. And it was indeed enjoyable, though ...

... by Richard Peck Thanks to Tina (tututhefirst) for recommending this one. After reading A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way From Chicago, two very humorous books, I wanted to continue the laughter. While this story was not as humorous as the others, I enjoyed Peck's play on ...

... many during March, and highly recommend Missing May by Cynthia Rylant A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse and one of my favorites: The Higher Power of Lucky ...

... mend The Power of Lucky by Susan Patron Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peckman

... mend The Power of Lucky by Susan Patron Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peckman

Nicole. Thanks for your comments. I finished the Newbery honor book Richard Peck A Long Way From Chicago. I laughed so darn hard. What a wonderful book. I'm currently reading Missing May, yet another stellar work. http://www.librarything.com/work/94448/book/43091920

Carolyn, I read A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. I finished this today and laughed so hard that even my sheltie's ears perked up. If you, like me are meandering through the Newberry books, I highly recommend this one! Tonight's read is Missing May by Cynthia Rylant...a ...

... "http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_9.bmp"> A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck A 1999 Newberry Honor award winning book that I absolutely loved! This is a touching, memorable walk down memory ...

A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, The View from Saturday, A Long Way from Chicago and other books by Richard Peck, Sharon Creech books, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Esperanza Rising, Dust by Arthor Slade, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Hoot, Peter Pan in Scarlet, Mir ...

I've had great success with A long way from Chicago by Richard Peck, a novel in stories. The first chapter/story, "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" is a corker! The virtue of this book is that each chapter is a self-contained story and makes for an easy cut-off. The grandmother ...

... and Ignited the Renaissance - Gavin Menzies 9) Faith and Doubt - John Ortberg 10) Chicago: A Novel - Alaa Al Aswany 11) Catherine, Called Birdy - Karen Cushman 12) Forgotten Scripts: Their Ongoing History and Deciphe ...

... Tremain or The Green Glass Sea, and period fiction, which is set in the past, such as Mildred Taylor's books or Long Way From Chicago, but without specific historical references. It is an interesting distinction, especially since I more often find myself annoyed by the appearance of ...

... by Gary Paulsen Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

I just finished re-reading A Long Way from Chicago, which I plan to read with my advanced reading group this month. (I teach at an intermediate school.) I had forgotten how much I love that book. Oh, Grandma Dowdel, what a character. This may prompt me to re-read A Year Down Yonder, which ...

A long way from Chicago by Richard Peck, which is told from the brother's point of view and starts off with a boffo story: "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground," a great read-aloud. Each story is a different summerthat a brother and sister spend with Grandma Dowdle in the sticks. Gran ...

... were fond of me. Lucky is an idiot. Read some other great Newberys, like A year down yonder - almost as good as Peck's A long way from Chicago (which is hard to beat with that story "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" to start it off!) I wish I could grow up to be Grandma Dowdle. ...

Finished A Long Way from Chicago. I really enjoyed it. Good use of local dialect and idioms without being tedious. The revelations of the boy regarding his grandmother over the years is a treat. Also several LOL moments, which doesn't hurt. Glad my sister-in-law made me read it.

... working through the three other books which I've been working on forever...and then I have to take a break today and read A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. I think it is a one day thing, my sister-in-law is making me read it. A YA book, so OK for a change.