The hilarious and moving sequel to the award-winning A Long Way From Chicago... It is Autumn 1937 and although the Depression has lifted, Mary Alice is leaving Chicago to live with her Grandma Dowdel. Now that her big brother, Joey, has flown the nest, Mary Alice will be all on her own with Grandma - an ominous prospect. After all, Mary Alice is a city girl - and Grandma's hick-town doesn't even have a picture show! Starting at the local school is tough. Mary Alice is homesick and out of place. Living with Grandma's ...
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The hilarious and moving sequel to the award-winning A Long Way From Chicago... It is Autumn 1937 and although the Depression has lifted, Mary Alice is leaving Chicago to live with her Grandma Dowdel. Now that her big brother, Joey, has flown the nest, Mary Alice will be all on her own with Grandma - an ominous prospect. After all, Mary Alice is a city girl - and Grandma's hick-town doesn't even have a picture show! Starting at the local school is tough. Mary Alice is homesick and out of place. Living with Grandma's explosive nature is harder still. But the good times are the best she's ever known, and Mary Alice comes to realise that she and Grandma have more in common than she thought . . .
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Add this copy of A Year Down Yonder to cart. $16.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2000 by Hodder Childrens Books.
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Mary Alice is a fun, spunky heroine to read about. As the story develops, she learns how to be comfortable with herself and to trust those how love her -- especially the shotgun-toting, close-mouthed grandma. Grandma Dowdel is a wonderful character, one of my absolute favorites. She reminds me a little of the stories my mother tells about her own close-mouthed, no-nonsense, unexpectedly humorous, farm-wife mother.
Richard Peck truly illuminates the Great Depression era in a clear-eyed, realistic way that makes it accessible to the reader. Which is probably a very good thing, considering our own current economic troubles.
