A Long Way from Chicago Study Guide consists of approx. 52 pages of summaries and analysis on A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. Browse the literature study guide below:
The first story sets the reader up for a rollicking, romping set of short stories. In it, the reader sees that the two children come from Chicago, where they have never really seen violence or death. As Joey says, "we'd yet to see a stiff." In this episode, the children get to see their first corpse, and the reader gets a first view of their outrageous grandma. (
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"Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground" "The Mouse in the Milk" "A One-Woman Crime Wave - 1931" "The Day of Judgment" "The Phantom Brakeman - 1933" "Things with Wings" "Centennial Summer" "The Troop Train"
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