A Year down Yonder Hardcover - 2000
by Peck, Richard
- Used
During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois for a year and comes to a better understanding her.
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Details
- Title A Year down Yonder
- Author Peck, Richard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, New York
- Date 2000-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2501398-6
- ISBN 9780803725188 / 0803725183
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.68 x 0.68 in (21.64 x 14.43 x 1.73 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 670
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Geographic Orientation: Illinois
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Illinois, Depressions - 1929
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99043159
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
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)
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Citations
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/2001, Page 1366
- ALA Notable Children's Books, 01/01/2001, Page 1382
- Booklist, 10/15/2000, Page 436
- Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's, 01/01/2001, Page 861
- Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2000, Page 761
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2000, Page 77
- Kirkus Review - Children, 09/15/2000, Page 1361
- New York Times, 03/11/2001, Page 27
- Publishers Weekly, 09/25/2000, Page 118
- School Library Journal, 09/01/2000, Page 236