![]() ![]() For young readers of this book, that era is almost as remote and as far removed from today’s world as the age of dinosaurs is. The generation that experienced this period is now elderly. Literary Elements at work in the story: The book is set during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Mary Alice’s year with Grandma in the country is anything but boring as she watches-and sometimes helps-Grandma shake up the neighbors. ![]() All she has with her is a small trunk containing her clothes, her transistor radio, and her cat Bootsie. Fifteen-year-old Mary Alice must go to live with her grandmother in a sleepy town somewhere between Chicago and St. Brother Joey (now called “Joe”) is in the Civilian Conservation Corps and is planting trees out west. The parents have moved into a room just big enough for the two of them. Dad has lost his job, so the family had to give up their apartment. ![]() The first book was narrated by Joey this one is told by Mary Alice. Summary: A Year Down Yonder, winner of the 2001 Newberry Medal, is the sequel to A Long Way from Chicago. Audience: Ages 10+ (all the way up to senior citizens!) ![]()
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