After reading, A Long Way from Chicago, I wanted to follow up with another Richard Peck book. This one, using the same characters, is a sequel with a different protagonist. The first book was told from the point of view of brother Joe, the sequel is told by sister Mary Alice as she comes of age after being sent to live with her grandmother during the Great Depression. Her parents are struggling to make ends meet in Chicago, and her brother has gone out west to work with the CCC--the best thing for her to do is to go live with her ever-resourceful grandmother.
And resourceful she is, Grand Theft Granny rams a tractor into a pecan tree to honor an agreement (she gets whatever hits the ground), purloins some pumpkins and traps foxes in the winter in order to make ends meet.
Trickster granny definitely has several tricks up her sleeve; bringing down the snooty townspeople, helping the poor, and taking advantage of a WPA artist.
I found this book to be enjoyable and think most older kids around 5th grade would enjoy it. For this copy, I'm going to pass it onto my mother who I think will enjoy it .
Here's a 5 minute clip from the audiobook:
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