A Year Down Yonder Jilly Gagnon A renowned dryadologist

A renowned dryadologist

Both working towards the same goal–relinquishing long-held bonds of the past–they form a fast friendship in the alpine landscape

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s

and romance amidst a set of deadly games

While locked in her bedroom

A Year Down Yonder Jilly Gagnon A renowned dryadologistWinner of the Newbery Medal A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of the Century Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from ChicagoSchool Library Journal (starred review) It was within the pages of Richard Peck's Newbery Honor winning A Long Way from Chicago that Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel first made their captivating debut. Now they're back for more astonishing, laugh out loud tales when fifteen year old Mary