Tuesday, February 24, 2009

A Year Down Yonder

A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck


In the aftermath of the Great Depression, Mary Alice is sent to live in the country with her eccentric grandmother while her parents get back on their feet. Grandma is a woman to be feared, totally unpredictable and unconcerned with the impression she leaves on other people. At first, Mary Alice can't bear to be away from her life in Chicago, but living with Grandma in the middle of nowhere has certain advantages, like watching Grandma pull out her shot gun whenever things don't go her way.

This is a delightful book with a realistic narrator and the feeling of a classic tall tale.

-Ms. McConnel