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Format:
Book
Title:
A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories
ISBN:
9780803722903

9780142401101

9780141303529

9781435233041

9780141311821

9780439240925
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1998]
Physical Description:
148 pages ; 22 cm
Series title(s):
Number in series:
1.
General Note:
Sequel: A year down yonder.
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.
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.
Reading Level:
Middle School.

750 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 5.0 Quiz: 27940.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 5.0 27940.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 4.6 10 Quiz: 17319 Guided reading level: V.
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