(I should have read 'A Long Way from Chicago' first...) With her parent's broke, Mary Alice is forced to live with her Grandmother Dowdel in a hillbilly town for her high school years. At first, life is boring and Mary Alice strives to create as much separation from her grandmother as she can. Through a series of adventures and shenanigans, Mary Alice learns that not only is her grandmother great, she is more like her than she ever thought. If you like the "Little House" books, you like this one.
This book was hilarious...Her grandmother sounds like a hard woman to love, but one that you know cares enough to be hard. My favorite part is when Mary Alice asks if the new, cute boy Royce can come over to help her study. She only says yes after Mary Alice fesses up the real reason: a rivalry over another girl. (Her and Royce get married, later on, so it's my kind of story).
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