Peck, Richard, 1934-

A year down yonder / Richard Peck. - New York : Scholastic, 2002, c2000. - 130 p. ; 22 cm.

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P. [4] of cover. Sequel to: A long way from Chicago.

In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.

Newbery Medal, 2001.

ISBN: 043943842X (pbk.) 0439442583 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Country life--Illinois--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Illinois--Fiction.