Author(s): Richard Peck
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 166
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-10-14
Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 16mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Reprint
Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white

One of the most adored characters in children's literature is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Award-winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor-winning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isn't over. It's now 1958, and a new family has moved in next door to Mrs. Dowdel: a minister and his wife and kids. Soon Mrs. Dowdel will work her particular brand of charm on all of them, and they will quickly discover that the last house in town might also be the most vital.