A Year Down Yonder

Richard Peck

Format

Paperback

Published

1999

Category

9-12 year olds

Publisher

Puffin

ISBN

9780803725188

Pages

144

Description: If there could be a delightful tale set during The Great Depression, this is it. The year is 1937 and 15 year-old Mary Alice is sent to rural Illinois to stay with her Grandma Dowdel for a year since her family can’t afford to keep her. Trips to Grandma Dowdel’s usually include her brother, Joey, but he’s off planting trees with the CCC leaving Mary Alice to brave this adventure on her own. Here you have a city girl trying to fit into the country way of doing things and it doesn’t always turn out like you’d expect it, especially since the eccentric Grandma Dowdel is around. Grandma Dowdel dreams up some wild and crazy schemes to lighten up the day and get through to tomorrow. This story is filled with charming characters who will stay with you long past the final pages of the story. Just a Heads Up: Mature Content