A Year Down Yonder [Paperback]

A Newbery Medal Winner

Richard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel toA Long Way from Chicago

Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough 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. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor BookA Long Way from Chicagohas already taken its place among the classics of children's literature.

Hilarious and poignant. —Publishers Weekly, starred review

A Newbery Medal Winner
ANew York TimesBestseller
An ALA Notable Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
ABooklist Best Book of the Year
ASchool Library Journal Best Book of the Year  In this hilarious and poignant sequel to A Long Way to Chicago, Peck once again shows that country life is anything but boring.  —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Again, Peck has created a delightful, insightful tale that resounds with a storyteller's wit, humor, and vivid description. —School Library Journal

With the same combination of wit, gentleness, and outrageous farce as Peck's Newbery Honor book, Long Way from Chicago, this sequel tells the story of Joey's younger sister, Mary Alice, 15, who spends the year of 1937 back with Grandma Dowdel in a small town in Illinois.  —Booklist

RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O’Dell AwardlSW