Author:
Peck, Richard, 1934-
Imprint:New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Note:Sequel to: A long way from Chicago.
Note: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.