A Year Down Yonder

Marc Notes: 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.; Sequel to: A long way from Chicago.;010-014. Publisher Marketing: Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book "A Long Way from Chicago" has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/28/2002 (EAN 9780142300701, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 742 (EAN 9780142300701, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1110 (EAN 9780142300701, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 694 (EAN 9780142300701, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 973 (EAN 9780142300701, Paperback) PW Notes and Reprints 10/28/2002 pg. 75 (EAN 9780142300701, Paperback) School Library Journal 04/01/2001 (EAN 9780807287507, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 04/01/2001 pg. 1486 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Booklist 12/01/2000 pg. 693 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2001 pg. 861 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2001 pg. 1366 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2000 pg. 1361 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) ALA Notable Childrens Books 01/01/2001 pg. 1382 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) New York Times 03/11/2001 pg. 27 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 09/22/2000 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) School Library Journal 08/24/2000 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 511 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 742 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1110 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2001 pg. 78 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 694 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 973 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2000 pg. 761 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Booklist 10/15/2000 pg. 436 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 09/25/2000 pg. 118 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 09/01/2000 pg. 236 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 77 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 77 (EAN 9780803725188, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Peck, Richard RICHARD PECK is Professor of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College. Contributor Bio:  Freeman, Don Don Freeman began writing and illustrating childrens books in the 1940s. He was the award-winning author of many popular titles, including "Corduroy, Dandelion, Manuelo the Playing Mantis," and the Caldecott Honor book "Fly High, Fly Low." He died in 1978.