A Year Down Yonder

A Year Down Yonder

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name = A Year Down Yonder
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author = Richard Peck
illustrator =
cover_artist = Lily Malcolm
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Children's novel historical fiction
publisher = Dial BooksScholastic Inc.Penguin Putnam Inc.
release_date = October 2000
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 144 pp (first edition, hardback)130 pp (2000)
isbn = ISBN 0-8037-2518-3 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = A Long Way from Chicago
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"A Year Down Yonder" is a novel by Richard Peck that won the Newbery Medal in 2001. It is a sequel to "A Long Way from Chicago", which itself received a Newbery Honor.

In the book, Mary Alice takes the train from Chicago to spend a year with her Grandma Dowdel, whose actions resemble an old-fashioned Tyler Perry's Madea character. Set in 1937, 15-year-old Mary Alice and her grandmother experience funny and exciting adventures in a small town in central Illinois possibly Montecello. Mary Alice runs into many troubles and hardships in the small town, like bullies, and adapting to the new way of life. Mary Alice spends a whole year at her Grandma Dowdel's home trying her best to fit in.


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