Carte - A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck

The winner of the 2001 Newbery Medal continues the story begun in the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago. Now 15-years old, Mary Alice is going to spend an entire year with her unpredictable Grandma Dowdel--a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors. \nA Newbery Medal Winner \nRichard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago \n \nMary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman 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. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature. \n \nHilarious and poignant. --Publishers Weekly, starred review \n \nA Newbery Medal Winner \nA New York Times Bestseller \nAn ALA Notable Book \nAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults \nA Booklist Best Book of the Year \nA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year \n