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A Year Down Yonder
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Living in Chicago: Book 2

A Year Down Yonder (2000) (edit title/settings)

by Richard Peck (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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Mary Alice's summer is spent with her Grandma Dowdel. Her parents are now working as housekeepers and her brother is planting trees in the west. Her stay with her grandmother is filled with many surprises. Including going to a new school, a tornado, and a snake. Through the year, Mary Alice,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Mary Alice's summer is spent with her Grandma Dowdel. Her parents are now working as housekeepers and her brother is planting trees in the west. Her stay with her grandmother is filled with many surprises. Including going to a new school, a tornado, and a snake. Through the year, Mary Alice, 15, starts to recognize how much she likes her grandma. She ends up starting to act like her grandmother. So many twists and turns in the story you never would have imagined.

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  • “I just sat there without a sigh left in me. But I was past bawling now as Grandma began to edge out of her chair. 'How about some supper? My stomach's flapping against my backbone,' she said. 'If I don't eat, I get cranky.'And heaven knows, we couldn't have that.”
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  • Works Progress Administration: A government program during the Great Depression intended to stimulate the economy by employing artists and other people.

First Sentence edit see section history

"It was a September morning, hazy with late summer, and now with all the years between."

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Prologue
2. Rich Chicago Girl
3. Vittles and Vengeance
4. A Minute in the Morning
5. Away in a Manger
6. Hearts and Flour
7. A Dangerous Man
8. Gone with the Wind
9. Ever After

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Toughness showing Love: Grandma isn't a lovey dovey woman yet loves immensely. You can see this through her actions as it is rarely explicitly stated. She teaches with a firm hand and a big heart (that she often tries to hide).

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 3 in Living in Chicago. (standard series)

Preceded by A Long Way from Chicago, and followed by A Season of Gifts.

This book is in Newbery Medal. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Richard Peck (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0803725183
Page Count: 130

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  • A Long Way from Chicago

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