A Long Way From Chicago

I have heard a lot about Richard Peck's children's books, mainly how funny they were, so I have been wanting to read this for a long time. I was not impressed at all to begin with, but after I finished it, I felt very satisfied. Each chapter is a week that two children spend with their grandmother. Peck did a great job of showing the children growing every year, and how that worked with their crazy grandmother's schemes. I can't wait to read the next book.