Winner · Newbery Medal 2001
A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
book by Richard Peck
Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year with feisty Grandma Dowdel, well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else. All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- historical fiction
- Pages
- 131
- ISBN
- 9781400084968
- Subjects
- Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 8, Juvenile, award:Newbery_award, lexile:670
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