Status
Available
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Series
Collection
Publication
Puffin Books (1999), Edition: Reprint, 148 pages
Subjects
Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 1998)
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2001)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2001)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2001)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2001)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2002)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2001)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2001)
Cardinal Cup (Noteworthy — 1999)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1999)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2002)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 2002)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2000)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2002)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2001)
IBBY Honour Book (2012)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2001)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1999)
CCBC Choices (1998)
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Humor — 2001)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Great Reads from Great Places (Illinois — 2002)
Notable Children's Book (1999)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2000)
Original publication date
1998
Physical description
7.74 x 0.5 inches
ISBN
0141303522 / 9780141303529