A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck :: A Long Way From Chicago Richard Peck

A Long Way From stops by Richard PeckThe book A Long Way From lucre is an adventurous and funny story. The story takes place at Joey Dowdels grans erect house in the country. Joey and his sister bloody shame Alice were sent to their granny knots house during the summer because their parents had to go to Canada for their work. At first, Joey felt uncomfortable with his Grandmother because he had never met her before but eventually he got to sock her and they became close friends.On the first week at Grandmas, a man named Shotgun Cheatman died. Everyone in the town went to the funeral because he was the well know assistant to the Mayor. The funeral was held in Grandmas house and a creepy thing happened that night when Tom the cat crawled inside the casket. The next day, Joey, Mary Alice and Grandma left the house and walked across fields of tall betray and cow pies aplenty to Salt Creek to go fish. They found an old woody boat and Grandma rowed the boat out into the creek. Whi le on their fishing adventure, they encountered a cottonmouth snake that fell into the boat and a caller of drunken men on land dancing in their underwear. fantastic things began to happen the next couple days. First, Joey was in the living room of Grandmas house making a jig saw puzzle. He comprehend the sound of a horses hooves walking slowly on the roadway then the sound stopped in front of the house and perceive someone put something in Grandmas mail box. Joey heard the horse walk away and a little while posterior Grandmas mailbox blew up. Next, Ms. Wilcoxs outhouse was destroyed by a cherry bomb. Then, a dead mouse was found planless in the bottle of milk that was delivered to the front