A Year Down Yonder

Richard Peck


Twelve months with Grandma...can Mary Alice survive?

Mary Alice's childhood summers with Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough surprises and 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.

2001 Newbery Honor Books:

Because of Winn-Dixie (Kate DiCamillo)
Hope Was Here (Joan Bauer)
Joey Pigza Control (Jack Gantos)
The Wanderer (Sharon Creech)


Last updated: December 2004

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