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A Year Down Yonder
Contributor(s): Peck, Richard (Author), Cieslawski, Steve (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0803725183 ISBN-13: 9780803725188
Publisher: Dial Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2000
Annotation: During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois for a year and comes to a better understanding her.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 99043159

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 670(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.68" W x 8.52" L (0.66 lbs) 144 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Demographic Orientation - Rural
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Topical - Family

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2003
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2002
Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2003
Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Children's, 2002
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, Nominee, Juvenile, 2005
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Grades 4-6, 2002
Newbery Medal, Winner, Children's, 2001
Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Young Adult, 2001

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2000 pg. 1361
School Library Journal 09/01/2000 pg. 236
Publishers Weekly 09/25/2000 pg. 118
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2000 pg. 761
Booklist 10/15/2000 pg. 436
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2001 pg. 861
New York Times 03/11/2001 pg. 27
Booklist 04/01/2001 pg. 1486
Booklist 12/01/2000 pg. 693
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2001 pg. 1366
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2001 pg. 1382
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 77 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 77 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 08/24/2000
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2000

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 44671
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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)

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