A season of gifts /
Peck, Richard, 1934-
A season of gifts / - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2009. - 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
A companion novel to: A long way from Chicago and A year down yonder.
Locked and loaded -- Revival dust -- The boy next door -- The figure at the window -- The afternoon of the turtle -- The haunted melon patch -- Fuss and feathers -- Indian summer -- Homecoming day, and night -- One too many -- Blazing pumpkin -- Come, ye thankful people, come -- Selective service -- Season of secrets and surprises -- The gift -- A Christmas wedding -- A visit from Saint Nick.
Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.
9780803730823 0803730829
2008048050
Neighbors--Fiction.
Moving, Household--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Neighbors--Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen fifties--Juvenile fiction.
Older women--Juvenile fiction.
Children of clergy--Juvenile fiction.
Illinois--History--20th century--Fiction.
Illinois--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.P338 / Sd 2009
[Fic]
A season of gifts / - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2009. - 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
A companion novel to: A long way from Chicago and A year down yonder.
Locked and loaded -- Revival dust -- The boy next door -- The figure at the window -- The afternoon of the turtle -- The haunted melon patch -- Fuss and feathers -- Indian summer -- Homecoming day, and night -- One too many -- Blazing pumpkin -- Come, ye thankful people, come -- Selective service -- Season of secrets and surprises -- The gift -- A Christmas wedding -- A visit from Saint Nick.
Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.
9780803730823 0803730829
2008048050
Neighbors--Fiction.
Moving, Household--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Neighbors--Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen fifties--Juvenile fiction.
Older women--Juvenile fiction.
Children of clergy--Juvenile fiction.
Illinois--History--20th century--Fiction.
Illinois--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.P338 / Sd 2009
[Fic]