A Year Down Yonder (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803725188)

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)

Author: Richard Peck
ISBN-10: 0803725183
ISBN-13: 9780803725188
Publisher: Dial Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2000
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.68w x 0.68d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 44671 / Year Down Yonder

Award: Newbery Medal - Winner
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
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