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A year down yonder / Richard Peck.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780803725188
- ISBN: 0803725183
- Physical Description: 130 pages; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Sequel to: A long way from Chicago. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Rich Chicago girl -- Vittles and vengeance -- A minute in the morning -- Away in a manger -- Hearts and flour -- A dangerous man -- Gone with the wind -- Ever after. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader 4.5. Reading Counts! 4.9. |
| Awards Note: | Newbery Medal, 2001 |
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| Subject: | Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction. Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction. Country life > Illinois > Juvenile fiction. Illinois > Juvenile fiction. Newbery Medal winner. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| scottsboropl | JF Pec | 32269001097909 | Juvenile - Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
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.
