Book Detail
Year Down Yonder, A |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Peck, Richard | Illustrator: |
| Title: Year Down Yonder, A | Date: 2000 |
| Publisher: Dial | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-8037-2518-3 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
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| This is the sequel to A Long Way From Chicago. Both books have won awards, the Newbery Medal for this one. Mary Alice goes to live with her spunky, trouble-making grandma in rural Illinois because the Depression has torn her family apart. | |
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| This book may spark interest in reminiscence writing. Learners may want to compare small towns and big cities or life in small towns then vs. now, perhaps by noting differences in their journals as they read. Grandma's character is a good focus for character sketches. Scenes from the novel could easily be developed into Readers Theater scripts. The book makes a good and humorous addition to a text set on The Depression. | |
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