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Grades 4 - 6

Written by Richard Peck - Audio book performed by Ron McLarty - Unabridged Fiction - 4 COMPACT DISCS - 4 hours, 17 minutes

Publisher, Listening Library (May 2005)

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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?

August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.

August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk.

August 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.

And 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. In the grand storytelling tradition of American humorists from Mark Twain to Flannery O'Connor, Richard Peck has created a memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining. And year round, you are sure to enjoy your stay with them.

About the Author: Richard Peck is the first children’s writer ever to have been awarded the National Humanities Medal. The author of more than thirty books, he has also won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young-adult literature, the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award.

About the Author: Ron McLarty has a long list of theater, film, and television credits. His films include Enormous Changes, Two Bits, and The Postman. His television work includes Spenser For Hire, Law and Order, and Trinity.