在繼 “A Long Way From Chicago”之後，當哥哥Joey已經長大開始工作，而妹妹Alice 正值高中的最後一年---15歲。由於美國經濟大蕭條的緣故，爸爸沒了工作，只好跟媽媽一起搬到媽媽工作的主人家去，而Joey也開始工作了，於是爸媽只好把Alice 送到奶奶家，而書中描寫的就是在她高中最後一年，跟奶奶住的這段時間所發生的事情。Grandma Dowdel's back! She's just as feisty and terrifying and goodhearted as she was in Richard Peck's A Long Way from Chicago, and every bit as funny. In the first book, a Newbery Honor winner, Grandma's rampages were seen through the eyes of her grandson Joey, who, with his sister, Mary Alice, was sent down from Chicago for a week every summer to visit. But now it's 1937 and Joey has gone off to work for the Civilian Conservation Corps, while 15-year-old Mary Alice has to go stay with Grandma alone--for a whole year ...
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