A Season of Gifts ✮✮✮✮✮

A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Grandma Dowdel is a familiar and unforgettable character to readers of A Year Down Yonder, and A Long Way from Chicago. This is the third book in the series, but can certainly be read on its own. When the new pastor and his family move in next door to Mrs. Dowdel, they are in for a season of adventure. The family quickly gets up to speed on what it's like to have a 90-year old gun-toting, bully avenging, yet surprisingly tender-hearted neighbor. 12-year old Bob, the pastor's son,  receives a not-so welcome to town when he is cruelly pranked. Fortunately, Grandma helps him out of an extremely embarrassing, yet funny situation. Meanwhile, Bob's teenage sister, when she is not swooning over Elvis, is sneaking around with the local rebel. Can Grandma help smooth out this situation as well? In her gruff and unassuming way, she ends up helping this sweet family in a variety of ways, and her gifts are greatly appreciated. This book is terrific to read at any time, but like the movie A Christmas Story, this is a story that could be revisited annually as a holiday tradition. Readers will love this funny, warm slice of life.

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