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A Year Down Yonder The winner of the 2001 Newbery Medal continues the story begun in the Newbery Honor Book "A Long Way from Chicago." Now 15-years old, Mary Alice is going to spend an entire year with her unpredictable Grandma Dowdel--a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors.
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Richard Peck's A YEAR DOWN YONDER is the winner of the 2001 John Newbery Medal, awarded by the American Library Association. This is the most prestigious children's book award in the USA, honoring outstanding writing for children. A YEAR DOWN YONDER is Peck's sequel to A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO, for which he received the Newbery Honor Award in 1999.
'Peck's brilliant book has the polecat reek of authentic American fiction' The Guardian
'A wicked sense of humour runs throughout this hugely entertaining read' The Daily Telegraph
Winner of the prestigious 2001 Newbery Medal (US equivalent of the Carnegie Medal).
Sequel to the superb A Long Way From Chicago, which was awarded the coveted Newbery Honor Medal in 1999 and shortlisted for the US National Book Awards.
An hilarious and moving account of a young girl's adolescence and a year spent with her formidable Grandma Dowdel. Richard Peck's vividly drawn characters have won fans everywhere for Grandma Dowdel and her family!
Sequel to the superb A Long Way From Chicago, which was awarded the coveted Newbery Honor Medal in 1999 and shortlisted for the US National Book Awards.
An hilarious and moving account of a young girl's adolescence and a year spent with her formidable Grandma Dowdel. Richard Peck's vividly drawn characters have won fans everywhere for Grandma Dowdel and her family!
Richard Peck's A YEAR DOWN YONDER is the winner of the 2001 John Newbery Medal, awarded by the American Library Association. This is the most prestigious children's book award in the USA, honoring outstanding writing for children. A YEAR DOWN YONDER is Peck's sequel to A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO, for which he received the Newbery Honor Award in 1999.
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- PublisherTurtleback Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0756913136
- ISBN 13 9780756913137
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages130
- IllustratorFreeman Don, Peck Richard
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