Peck, Richard, 1934-

A year down yonder / Richard Peck. - Scholastic Book Club ed. - New York : Scholastic, Inc, 2001, 2000. - 130 p. ; 22 cm.

Sequel to: A long way from Chicago.

In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.



Newbery Medal, 2001

0439325439


Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Illinois--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Country life--Illinois--Fiction.


Illinois--Fiction.

PZ7.P338 / Yh 2000

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