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A Season of Gifts
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A Season of Gifts Paperback - 2010

by Peck, Richard

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It is 1958, and a new family has moved in next door to Grandma Dowdel: a Methodist minister and his wife and three kids. Soon Mrs. Dowdel will work her particular brand of charm on all of them.

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  • Title A Season of Gifts
  • Author Peck, Richard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books
  • Date 2010-10-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BRG-32_2_591
  • ISBN 9780142417294 / 0142417297
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 10 to UP years
  • Grade levels 5 - UP
  • Reading level 690
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Holiday: Christmas
  • Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, Moving, Household
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008048050
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

One of the most adored characters in childrenÕs literature is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery AwardÐwinning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery HonorÐwinning A Long Way from Chicago. And it turns out that her story isnÕt over. ItÕs 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.

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-This is one of Peck+s best novels yet-and that+s saying something.+-Kirkus Reviews, starred review

About the author

RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O'Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn BookAward Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher's Funeral. He was the first children's author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.