We enjoyed hearing from Grandma Dowdel one more time! ( )

Yeah, no better. Mrs. Dowdel is...very weird and very obnoxious. Though in this one she seems to be doing entirely good deeds (aside from the Christmas tree, and that was accidental), while trying to maintain her mean reputation. ( )

A summer, fall, and winter in a young boys life. The son of a Methodist preacher, bullied at school, learns to appreciate the grumpy and strange old woman who lives next door. ( )

A preacher and his family move into a house next door to an eccentric elderly lady, who soon becomes an important part of their lives. Another delightful entry in the Grandma Dowdel books. ( )

This is the touching story of a preacher’s family and an eccentric neighbor (Grandma Dowdel from other Peck novels) in 1958 rural Indiana. Small town adventures are shown through the eyes of the preacher’s 12-year-old son.