![]() ![]() "hilarious and poignant." And School Library Journal (in a starred review) said, “Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from Chicago”. To Peck's Newbery Award winning novel A Long Way from Chicago There are two different book covers available for this book (both shown at right). The town is full of eccentric personalities, not the least of which is the grandmother. It was also named as an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults List 2001. A Year Down Yonder is about a Chicago girl's year-long stay with her grandmother in a rural town during the height of the Great Depression. ![]() This book won A LOT of awards, including the BIG one for children's literature: the Newbery Medal (2001). Her brother, Joey Dowdel, joins the army while Mary Alice is less than thrilled with the arrangement. ![]() 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent downstate to live with Grandma Dowdel while her mother and father remain in Chicago. Grandma's schemes to run the town her own way, do good anonymously, The year is 1938, and the Great Depression has hit the Dowdel family hard. This book tells the story of MaryĪbout spending a whole year living at her Grandma Dowdel's house, butīefore long she becomes a willing accomplice in her outrageous A Year Down Yonder is the much awaited and much loved first book in the Grandma Dowdell series. ![]()
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