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A YEAR DOWN YONDER
by Peck, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible - Fine/No Dj
- ISBN 10
- 0439325439
- ISBN 13
- 9780439325431
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Scholastic, 2000. Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, fine, as new, in green and brown pictorial boards. Newbery medal winner. 130 pp. and notes on author. The Great Depression is winding down, and fifteen-year-old Mary Alice Dowdel's parents are in dire financial straits. That's why she has no choice but to go and stay with her grandmother in small-town Illinois, a place that feels pretty far away from bustling Chicago.The town is full of eccentric personalities, not the least of which is the grandmother.
Synopsis
A Year Down Yonder is a novel by Richard Peck that won the Newbery Medal in 2001. It is a sequel to A Long Way from Chicago, which itself received a Newbery Honor. "The year is 1937, and the Great Depression has hit the Dowdel family hard. 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent downstate to live with Grandma Dowdel while her ma and pa eke out a meager living in Chicago. Mary Alice is less than thrilled with the arrangement.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77160
- Title
- A YEAR DOWN YONDER
- Author
- Peck, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0439325439
- ISBN 13
- 9780439325431
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
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- Octavo
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- New
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