A Year Down Yonder By: Richard Peck

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A Year Down Yonder By Richard Peck
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Genre

• The genre is family because Mary Alices dad lost
  his job and Mary had to go live with her grandma.

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Awards

• A Year Down Yonder got the John Newberry medal
  award for the most distinguished contribution to
  American literature for children.

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Summary

• Mary Alices dad loses his job, so she has to go
  live with her grandma in Illinois. She had to
  take a train to go to her grandmas house in
  Illinois. Her grandma enrolls Mary into school
  once she gets there.

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Setting

• This story takes place in Chicago,Illinois.

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Characters

• Mary Alice- her dad lost his job and she had to
  move in with her grandma
• Grandma Dowdel- isnt like most grand mothers
• Ina Rae Gage- Mary Alices friend
• Bootsie-Mary Alices cat
• Carleen Lovejoy- The prettiest girl in school
• Joey- Mary Alices brother

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Other Books Richard Peck wrote

• Dont Look and It Wont Hurt
• Dreamland Lake
• Through a Brief Darkness
• Father Figure
• Strays Like Us
• Close Enough To Touch