In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
year: 2000, 2002, 2001
call number/section: 1000, 1930, 920
subjects: grandmothers, fiction, grandparent and child, country life, grandparent-grandchild relationship, illinois, fiction, extreme read-spunk, illinois, large type books, great depression, 1929-1939, historical fiction, depressions, 1929, audiobooks, compact discs
Editions
Peck, Richard
Dial Books for Young Readers (2000)
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Schools: 96
Peck, Richard
Puffin Books (2002)
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Schools: 36
Peck, Richard
Scholastic (2001)
During the recession of 1937, 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Schools: 2
Peck, Richard
s.n.
Schools: 0
Peck, Richard
In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
Schools: 2
Peck, Richard
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Schools: 2
Peck, Richard
s.n.
Schools: 1
Peck, Richard
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Schools: 0