![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īorn in Decatur, IIlinois, Richard Peck has written over 41 books for young readers. ![]() And year round, you are sure to enjoy your stay with them. In the grand storytelling tradition of American humorists from Mark Twain to Flannelly O'Connor, Richard Peck has created a memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining. What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice-two city slickers from Chicago-make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?Īugust 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.Īugust 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk.Īugust 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma to trespass, pinch property, poach, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry-all in one day.Īnd there's more-much more-as Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma's, each one funnier and more surprising than the year before. ![]()
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