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A Year Down Yonder

By Richard Peck

By Richard Peck

By Richard Peck
Illustrated by Steve Cieslawski

By Richard Peck
Illustrated by Steve Cieslawski

By Richard Peck

By Richard Peck

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Paperback $8.99

Nov 21, 2002 | ISBN 9780142300701 | Middle Grade (8-12)

Hardcover $18.99

Oct 01, 2000 | ISBN 9780803725188 | Middle Grade (8-12)

Ebook $8.99

Dec 30, 2002 | ISBN 9781440672729 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About A Year Down Yonder

    A Newbery Medal Winner

    Richard Peck’s Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago

    Mary Alice’s childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel’s sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children’s literature.

    “Hilarious and poignant.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

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

    About A Year Down Yonder

    Winner of the Newbery Medal
     
    “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)

     

    About A Year Down Yonder

    A Newbery Medal Winner

    Richard Peck’s Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago

    Mary Alice’s childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel’s sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children’s literature.

    “Hilarious and poignant.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

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

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    About Richard Peck

    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… More about Richard Peck

    About Richard Peck

    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… More about Richard Peck

    About Richard Peck

    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… More about Richard Peck

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Classics

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Dial Books
    Nov 21, 2002 | 160 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780142300701

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Classics

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Dial Books
    Oct 01, 2000 | 144 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780803725188

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Classics

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Puffin Books
    Dec 30, 2002 | 144 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781440672729

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    Praise

    “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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