Friday, August 6, 2010

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck


Every August two big city kids from Chicago go to visit their Grandma in some hick town. Though the town is small the adventure that they find with their larger-than life Grandma is not. Grandma Dowdel always has something up her sleeve whether it's a shotgun or a pie or a plan involving a shotgun and a pie. Dowdel is truly a wonderful character in a wonderful book.