A Long Way from Chicago
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A Long Way from Chicago is a "novel in stories" by Richard Peck, published September 1, 1998 by Dial Press.
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Newbery Medal
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The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author
A Long Way from Chicago
…car passing by, in the hopes that they would spot each other. Joey waves back and goes on to fight in World War II. A Long Way from Chicago was awarded Newbery Honor in 1999. Peck's sequel to this book, A Year Down Yonder, won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2001. Matt Berman from Common Sense Media…
Newbery Medal
Frederic G. Melcher first proposed the idea for the Newbery Award.
John Newbery, called "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market.
Hendrik Willem van Loon won the first Newbery Medal in 1922 for his book The Story of Mankind.