A Year Down Yonder
 

A Year Down Yonder

by Richard Peck

Grandma Dowdel's back! She's just as feisty and terrifying and goodhearted as she was in Richard Peck's A Long Way from Chicago, and every bit as funny. In the first book, a Newbery Honor winner, Grandma's rampages were seen through the eyes of her grandson Joey, who, with his sister, Mary Alice, was sent down from Chicago for a week every summer to visit. But now it's 1937 and Joey... (read more)

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SouthWestZippy
  • Rated 4 stars

Very quick read. A delightful but eye opening book. Step back into the time of the depression and veiw it through the eyes of a young women. WELL written and has great humor.
This is a sequel to "A Long Way From Chicago"
4 out of 5 stars. Why only 4 out of 5? Felt the last chapter "Ever After" was pushed a bit, would have loved more of that story or even another book to tell that story.

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kiwistrawberry554
  • Rated 1 stars

ewww this book was afull!

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  • Rated 3.912442 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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