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last updated Sep 25, 2022 09:27AM
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4.5 stars. This was a GREAT book, and I'm not usually a big fan of the short story. The premise is that Joey and Mary Alice, two kids from Chicago, are sent to their Grandma's for one week every summer starting in 1929. There is a story for each visit, going through I believe 1942 (although there is not a story for every single year). Grandma lives in rural Illinois, and doesn't want anybody in her business. She is an amazing, larger-than-life character who goes about doing her own form of justi
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This is one of those books that makes the 50-page rule so very worth it. I had heard that this little book was worthwhile, but found myself less than enchanted after the first story. With each story, I found myself falling in love with Grandma even more as her character developed and her grandchildren started to realize what a choice woman she was. I'd be lying if I said I didn't tear up at the afterward.
This took me just over an hour to read, but I've found a book I'd read over and over again. ...more
This took me just over an hour to read, but I've found a book I'd read over and over again. ...more
Joey, Mary Alice and Grandma have adventures every summer in rural Illinois. The yearly installments would work well as a classroom read aloud.
Audio note: Ron McLarty's folksy reading worked well as older Joe looking back on their antics. ...more
Audio note: Ron McLarty's folksy reading worked well as older Joe looking back on their antics. ...more
Joey and his younger sister Mary Alice go to visit their grandma in rural Illinois in the 1930s. In a series of hilarious stories, their grandma plots revenge on a band of prank-playing brothers, bakes gooseberry pie for the state fair, and causes general upheaval in her small town. The narration of the audio recording is great. Ron McLarty does great voices, including a fantastic voice for Grandma. Laugh out loud funny, this is a painless historical fiction to recommend to students and the cd i
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Aug 22, 2008
Talia
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
j-fiction,
j-historicalfic
Apr 17, 2009
Cindy
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
20th-century,
young-adult
Jun 16, 2024
Kirstin
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really liked it
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Shelves:
library,
dc-library-loans
