cover image A YEAR DOWN YONDER

A YEAR DOWN YONDER

Richard Peck, . . Puffin, $5.99 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-14-230070-1

In this Newbery Honor book, Chicago-bred Mary Alice has been sentenced to a year-long stay in rural Illinois with her irrepressible, rough and gruff grandmother. Soon, however, she becomes Grandma's partner in crime, helping to carry out madcap schemes to benefit friends and avenge enemies. In a starred review, PW called this sequel to A Long Way to Chicago "hilarious and poignant." Ages 10-14. (Dec.)