A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)
Newbery Medal Winner (2001)
Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year with Grandma Dowdel, well known for shaking up her neighbors—and everyone e…
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