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Year Down Yonder
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A sequel to Peck's "A Long Way From Chicago", "A Year Down Yonder" was a much better book than its predecessor. It isn't that "A Long Way From Chicago" wasn't a good book, it's just that, somehow, the soul of its sequel feels much more present on the page. Mary Alice is our first person narrator, and rather than telling us a series of stories over the course of several summers (as in the first book where her brother Joey is the narrator), she has moved (from Chicago) in with Grandma Dowdel (in rural Illinois) for a year to wait out the depths of the Great Depression. The stories are full of history, and rough-around-the-edges Grandma Dowdel is full of humanity (but always behind a facade). "A Year Down Yonder" is a great bedtime chapter-book read-aloud for ages 8 to 12. There's always a good place to stop to leave the kids hanging! "A Year Down Yonder" is a stand-alone book, but the reader's enjoyment is definitely expanded by reading "A Long Way From Chicago" first.
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Mary Alice is sent to live with her grandmother in a small town, very different from the Chicago city life to which Mary Alice has grown accustomed. Small-town happenings are quite different, and Mary Alice soon adjusts, which is hard because everyone in town is scared of her grandmother!
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ISBN:
9780142300701
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
11/21/2002
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Pages:
160
Height:
.50IN
Width:
5.00IN
Thickness:
.25
Series:
Puffin Novel
Age Range:
8 to 12
Grade Range:
3 to 7
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2002
Series Volume:
02-1
UPC Code:
2800142300703
Author:
Richard Peck
Illustrator:
Richard Peck
Illustrator:
Don Freeman
Author:
Sheila Turnage
Author:
Richard Peck
Author:
Richard Peck
Subject:
Grandmothers
Subject:
Depressions -- 1929.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:
Children s-General
Subject:
Illinois
Subject:
Depressions
Subject:
Country life
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