A Year Down Yonder

Author:  Richard Peck

Title:  A Year Down Yoner

Illustrator:  Ashlea Shaffer

Genre:  Fiction Chapter Book

Subgenre:  Historical

Theme:  You never know what you will like unless you try it.

Primary & Secondary Characters:  Mary Alice, Grandma Dowel, Mary Alice's parents, Bootsie, Mildred Burdick, August Fluke Jr, Joey, Royce McNabb, Carleen, Ina-Rae, Arnold Greene, Maxine Patch, Ms Butler

Awards:  Newbery

Date of Publication:  2000

Publishing Company:  Penguin Putnam Inc.

Brief Summary:  This book is centered around the Great Depression and Mary Alice has to go live with her Grandma in a country town. Mary Alice is from Chicago, so it is a little hard for her to adjust to the country life. Grandma Dowel shows her the rope and Mary Alice starts to like it there.

Use in the Classroom:  This book can used to talk about the Great Depression and how people had to live during that time.