A companion novel to: A long way from Chicago and A year down yonder. Originally published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009. "This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--Page 4 of cover.
Summary:
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.
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