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A year down yonder
    Peck, Richard, 1934-
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers,
Pub date: 2000.
Pages: 130 p. ;
ISBN: 0803725183
Item info: 25 copies checked in at Warren - Arthur Miller Branch, Armada Free Public Library, Chesterfield Township Library, Center Line Public Library, Eastpointe Memorial Library, Fraser Public Library, Harper Woods Public Library, Lenox Township Library, Lois Wagner Memorial Library, Mt. Clemens Public Library, Romeo Graubner Library, Romeo Kezar Branch Library, Roseville Public Library, Shelby Township Library, St. Clair Shores Public Library, Sterling Heights Public Library, Utica Public Library, Warren - Dorothy Busch Branch, Warren-Maybelle Burnette Branch, and Warren - Civic Center Branch.
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Summary
Winner of the 2001 Newbery Honor Medal!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 adventures 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, Mary Alice's story is a fully satisfying companion to the celebrated A Long Way from Chicago, which, in addition to receiving the Newbery Honor, was a National Book Award finalist, an ALA Notable Book, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Publishers Weekly Review
In this Newbery Honor book, Chicago-bred Mary Alice has been sentenced to a year-long stay in rural Illinois with her irrepressible, rough and gruff grandmother. Soon, however, she becomes Grandma's partner in crime, helping to carry out madcap schemes to benefit friends and avenge enemies. In a starred review, PW called this sequel to A Long Way to Chicago "hilarious and poignant." Ages 10-14. (Dec.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information
School Library Journal Review
Gr 5-8-Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (Dial, 1998). This time, 15-year-old Mary Alice visits Grandma Dowdel alone for a one-year stay, while her parents struggle through the recession of 1937 looking for jobs and better housing. With her older brother, Joey, working out west in a government program, Mary Alice takes a turn at recounting memorable and pivotal moments of her year with Grandma. Beneath the woman's fierce independence and nonconformity, Mary Alice discovers compassion, humor, and intuition. She watches her grandmother exact the perfect revenge on a classmate who bullies her on the first day of school, and she witnesses her "shameless" tactics to solicit donations from Veteran's Day "burgoo" eaters whose contributions are given to Mrs. Abernathy's blind, paralyzed, war-veteran son. From her energetic, eccentric, but devoted Grandma, she learns not only how to cook but also how to deal honestly and fairly with people. At story's end, Mary Alice returns several years later to wed the soldier, Royce McNabb, who was her classmate during the year spent with Grandma. Again, Peck has created a delightful, insightful tale that resounds with a storyteller's wit, humor, and vivid description. Mary Alice's memories capture the atmosphere, attitudes, and lifestyle of the times while shedding light on human strengths and weak- nesses.-Gerry Larson, Durham School of the Arts, NC Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

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Personal Author Peck, Richard, 1934-
Title A year down yonder / Richard Peck.
Publication info New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Physical descrip 130 p. ; 22 cm.
General Note Sequel to: A long way from Chicago.
Summary During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.
Subject term Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term Country life--Illinois--Juvenile fiction.
Geographic term Illinois--Juvenile fiction.
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