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A Season of Gifts
A Season of Gifts
Author: Richard Peck
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. A companion novel to A long way from Chicago and A year down yonder by the Newbery award-winning author Richard Peck.
ISBN-13: 9780545299572
ISBN-10: 0545299578
Publication Date: 11/2010
Pages: 164
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Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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In 1958 a preacher and his family move to a small Illinois town, right next door to Mrs. Dowdel, the town curmudgeon. The seasons pass and as Christmas nears, Mrs. Dowdel shows her neighbors and the town, gifts can come in the unlikeliest forms.
The story is told by the preachers twelve year old son Bob and is very humorous.
This is a young adult book, but it's an interesting and fun read for adults too, that will take them back to simpler times.


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