After I read A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck, I would highly recommend this to other teens. First of all, it is a family adventure book, two kids go to grandma’s house and have crazy adventures all throughout the town. That sounds like fun to read with the family. In addition, the characters in the story are larger than life, Grandma Dowdel, threw cherry bombs at the cowgill boys after they broke into her house. Now, that would be scary. Another example, is that there are very funny and creative stories, Grandma brought a corpse into her house just to prove a point. I definitely would not go that far just to prove a point. In conclusion, this is a great book , and i would suggest this to other teens because Richard Peck is a
