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Living in Chicago: Book 1
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Description edit
Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable—their grandmother!
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Summary edit
Joey and Mary Alice Dowdel travel from Chicago to a sleepy rural Illinois town each summer to spend a week with their highly unconventional grandmother.
Characters/People edit
- Grandma Dowdel: A old, private, and rather unconventional lady that is caring, too. Her grandchildren visit her each summer.
- Joey Dowdle: the main charecter, a young boy from Chicago.
- Mary Alice: Joey's sister.
- Mrs. L. J. Weidenbach: The town's banker's wife; a socialite who likes to be in control of events.
- Mildred: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Effie Wilcox: Grandma's neighbor, who she claims not to like.
- Grady: An old man in the town.
- Miz Eubanks: Valeria's mother, a half-crazed overprotective woman.
- Barnie Buchanan: An excellent piemaker.
- Mrs. Stubbs
- Ernie Cowgill: The youngest of the Cowgill boys. His parents own the town dairy. A simple boy and a prankster with his brothers.
- Mrs. Cripe
- Mrs. Askew
- Grandpa Dowdel: Grandpa is mentioned, but has passed on. He is Grandma Dowdel's husband.
- Cheatham
- Puss Chapman: Grandma's old employer for whom she still cares.
- Ray Veech
- O. B. Dickerson
- Mr. Pennypacker
- Bootsie: A kitten that finds its way into the family.
- Valeria Eubanks
First Sentence edit
You wouldn't think we'd have to leave Chicago to see a dead body.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground
2. The Mouse In The Milk
3. A One Woman Crime Wave
4. The Day Of Judgment
5. The Phantom Brakeman
6. Things With Wings
7. Centennial Summer
8. The Troop Train
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Living in Chicago. (standard series)
Followed by A Year Down Yonder.
This book is in Newbery Honor Roll. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Peck (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Puffin Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-14-240110-2
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Puffin Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-14-240110-2
Page Count: 176
Awards edit
- National Book Award (Finalist)
- Newbery Honor Book (1999)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 371
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › United States › Fiction › 1900s
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Multigenerational › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Siblings › Fiction
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
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