All of the small settings are in Illinois . Here are some of the settings found in "A Long Way From Chicago": Grandma's house is where they hang out the most. The fair is a small setting where grandma enters the pie competition. Joey and Mary Alice were proud of her for winning second place, While at the fair, joey rides the biplane, which is a small two passenger plane. The Wabash road is at the end of the novel. This is important because this is where the centennial celebration is held and a major fight occurs between old people. This occurs because Grandma won the oldest person competition and the bankers wife was jealous. Because she was about to win

A Long Way From Chicago is about two kids going to their grandma's house , While having many adventures. They have illegally fished while trespassing on private property. Spotted but not caught.
Joey rode on a biplane when at the fair, Which was the next best thing. Joey took car lessons at a very young age It took him long to save up for the payment, the payment was TWO DOLLARS. Luckily grandma blackmailed the bank and they gave Joey and Mary Alice two dollars each . But when joey was sixteen and Mary Alice was thirteen they stopped going to grandma's house.World War Two came along and Joey joined the army. The Troop Train was going through the town and joey waved at grandma and grandma waved back.