A Year Down Yonder (2001)

Within the pages of Richard Peck's Newbery Honor-winning A Long Way from Chicago, which has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature, is where Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel first made their captivating debut. Now they are back for more astonishing, laugh-out-loud adventures in this wry, delightful sequel. Mary Alice is fifteen and facing a whole year with Grandma! Expect moonlit schemes, romances both foiled and founded, and a whole parade of fools made to suffer in unusual (and always hilarious) ways. A Year Down Yonder leaves Mary Alice with a more tenderhearted view of country life and Grandma Dowdel.

Winner of the 2001 Newbery Medal