A Year Down Yonder
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A Year Down Yonder  -     By: Richard Peck

A Year Down Yonder

Puffin Books / 2002 / Paperback

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Fifteen year old Mary Alice is facing a whole long year with Grandma! She remembers when she was a kid how much fun her summer stays with grandma were. They were jam packed with tons of surprises and drama. But grandma is well-known for shaking up her neighbors and everyone else! Mary Alice knows not to predict what this year is going to be like. Recommended for ages 10 to 14. The 2001 Newbery Medal winner.

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Title: A Year Down Yonder
By: Richard Peck
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 144
Vendor: Puffin Books
Publication Date: 2002
Dimensions: 7.72 X 5.18 X 0.41 (inches)
Weight: 5 ounces
ISBN: 0142300705
ISBN-13: 9780142300701
Ages: 10-14
Stock No: WW300701

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Winner of the Newbery Medal
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of the Century

"Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from Chicago"—School Library Journal (starred review)

It was within the pages of Richard Peck's Newbery Honor-winning A Long Way from Chicago that Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel first made their captivating debut. Now they're back for more astonishing, laugh-out-loud tales when fifteen-year-old Mary Alice moves in with her spicy grandmother for the year. Expect moonlit schemes, romances both foiled and founded, and a whole parade of fools made to suffer in unusual (and always hilarious) ways.

Wise, exuberant, and slyly heartwarming, this is a satisfying companion to Grandma Dowdel’s adventures in A Long Way from Chicago and A Season of Gifts.

Newbery Medal Winner
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
ALA Notable Book
Booklist Best Books of the Year
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
New York Times Best Seller

"Audience members will breathe a sigh of regret when the eventful year "down yonder" draws to a close."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Wit, gentleness, and outrageous farce."—Booklist (starred review)

Author Bio

RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O’Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn BookAward Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher’s Funeral. He was the first children’s author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist.  

Editorial Reviews

"In this hilarious and poignant sequel to A Long Way to Chicago, Peck once again shows that country life is anything but boring." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Again, Peck has created a delightful, insightful tale that resounds with a storyteller's wit, humor, and vivid description." —School Library Journal

"With the same combination of wit, gentleness, and outrageous farce as Peck's Newbery Honor book, Long Way from Chicago, this sequel tells the story of Joey's younger sister, Mary Alice, 15, who spends the year of 1937 back with Grandma Dowdel in a small town in Illinois." —Booklist

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