A Year Down Yonder (2000) Richard Peck (Author)
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In the sequel to A Long Way from Chicago, 15-year-old Mary Alice finds herself sent to live with her eccentric Grandma Dowdel for an extended period of time. At first, Mary Alice is apprehensive about the situation, but she soon grows to enjoy her time with her grandmother and the misadventures that they share. Most of their crazy schemes involve the eclectic group of characters that inhabit a small Illinois town during the 1930s.
MAIN CHARACTERS :
Grandma Dowdel, Grandmother (of Mary Alice), Mary Alice, 15-Year-Old (granddaughter of Grandma Dowdel)
SETTING(S) :
Illinois, East, Great Lakes States, Midwest, North America, United States
SUBJECT :
Adolescence, Bullying, Economic depressions, Family life, Grandparents, Halloween, Peer pressure, Interpersonal relations, Educational environment, Social class, Travel
TIME PERIOD :
20th century AD, 1930s (Decade) AD
Gale Document Number: GALE|M1300106461
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2010
SOURCE CITATION : "A Year Down Yonder." 2010. Books & Authors Gale. Gale Internal User. 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>
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