6/10/2023 0 Comments A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck![]() ![]() Wedding bells ring at the end of World War II, and Mary Alice returns to marry Royce McNabb in Grandmas front room. "hilarious and poignant." And School Library Journal (in a starred review) said, “Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from Chicago”. A year down yonder leaves Mary Alice with a more tenderhearted view of country life and Grandma Dowdel, and she hesitates to head back to Chicago. To Peck's Newbery Award winning novel A Long Way from Chicago There are two different book covers available for this book (both shown at right). ![]() It was also named as an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults List 2001. ![]() This book won A LOT of awards, including the BIG one for children's literature: the Newbery Medal (2001). Grandma's schemes to run the town her own way, do good anonymously, This book tells the story of MaryĪbout spending a whole year living at her Grandma Dowdel's house, butīefore long she becomes a willing accomplice in her outrageous A Year Down Yonder is the much awaited and much loved first book in the Grandma Dowdell series. ![]()
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