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To start of with, A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck. This is one, of many really good books. I had noticed that in the book a girl named Mary Alice has a very unusual grandma. Her grandma kept a snake in the attic. I thought that Mary Alice has a hard time living with grandma. Since having to stay with grandma she has had to change her whole way of life. To begin with, the pot of the book would be when the tornado had accrued. A 14-year-old girl Mary Alice goes to live with her grandma. Everything was fine till a tornado had accrued and they have to got in the basement to hide. I really liked when the grandma had gone and saved Bootsie and her baby. If we had a tornado I would probably do the same thing. I would go straight to my animals and make sure that they are safe. But after the tornado had happened I would not go outside and look for people. I would be too afraid to see if they had died or are alive. Grandma is one of the oddest people I had heard of. I can’t make any connections with her and other characters. On the other hand, Mary Alice reminds me of Annisa. I think this because both Annisa and Mary Alice are crushing over guys. Mary Alice likes Royce and Annisa likes this guy named Daniel. Further more, there are many characters in the book A Year Down Yonder. The most important characters are Grandma and Mary Alice. Grandma is a very strange old lady. She has her own way of life. One thing Grandma does is capture the foxes. She puts rabbit fur and fox urine to capture the foxes into traps. Mary Alice is a 15-year-old girl that goes to school. She has a crush on a boy names Royce, and invites him over but grandma ruins it. There is also Joey. Joey is Mary Alice’s brother. He had to go to war because on their parents the same way Mary Alice has to go and live with their grandma. Also there is Old man Nyquest. He is the meanest old man. Mildred is also mean. She is another one of the meanest people in the book. Lastly there is Ina Ray. Ina Ray is Mary Alice’s friend at school. Ina Ray is kind and sweet. I liked the ways that all the characters have different moods. I guess you can say Mary Alice is kind of like me because I went to stay with my grandma for 21 days, but it wasn’t for the same reason. In conclusion, I would totally recommend this book to who ever like’s Humor. This book is funny and enjoyable. It is also a little weird at times. The moods of the characters change a lot. And like I said A Year Down Yonder is a humor book. So to the people who like humor this is a good book for you. By Angela

To start off, I read A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck, I liked it very much and would recommend it to anyone who likes humor. In the book, the setting was in about 1935, so it was a little different from today. I’m talking about out houses, little money, not a well-built school, and very few jobs. In the book, it had a lot of words that we don’t say such as ain’t, nothin, and a few other phrases we don’t use today. In addition of liking the book, there are many plots and settings. In the beginning of the book, a 15-year-old girl named Mary Alice has to live with her grandmother because her dad lost his job. Her family is a little short on money, so Mary’s parents send her to live with her grandmother until they can get money for an apartment. Her grandmother lives in a little town that is also short on money. For transportation in the town, they have horses or they can take a train. Another major plot in the story happened in the end of the book. Mary is in school and the tornado siren goes off. They all have to go to the cellar of the school. Mary escapes and goes through it with her grandma. This book reminds me of the television show: Storm Stories on the Weather Channel. I see a lot of tornado storms. This book also reminds me of: The Wizard of Oz. The characters in the book are Mary, her grandmother, Mildred, Mary’s mom and dad, and Joey, Mary’s brother. Mary is the 15-year old who lives with her grandmother. Grandma is Mary’s “crazy” grandma. Mildred is the school bully or also known as a “Burdick.” Mary’ parents don’t have a lot of money and are looking for a job to support their family. Joey is at war and is Mary’s brother. In the book, Mary likes to talk about him. I like how Mary’s grandma is “crazy” because of all the weird things she tries to complete. I don’t like how Mildred was only in the beginning of the book. My grandma is nothing like Mary’s grandma. I don’t know anyone whose grandma is like Mary’s. Finally, I would recommend this book to everyone who likes humor and can understand what Mary is going through. This book is hard to understand at some points, but you can catch on when reading on. This book also has many surprises with grandma and a lot of other people. I hope you will enjoy reading A Year Down Yonder! By Jordan

A Year Down Yonder

The book that I have read was A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck. I believe that this book may be one of the best books I’ve ever read. I think that this book stands out by its style the way the author has written it. It’s about a young girl that has moved in with her grand ma and is going to school there. The plot of this story is very similar to some you may have already heard. It’s goes a little something like this, a new girl comes to town to live with her grandma. She is new in her school so every one thinks that she is rich and stuck up. I think this book is like things that happen in the real life. I really liked the plot because how the town realizes that the girls Name is Mary and she lives with her grandma. I thin k that this may connect to many people because they have moved to a new school or just went a new one. I think that if I had to live back then it wouldn’t be that fun because it would have too much work to do. Plus the schools are not as smart as the ones that we have now.

The main character of this story is Mary and her grand mother. I think that I would love to have her grand ma in my family because she is very funny and likes to have fun. Mary doesn’t like her grandma that much because she makes Mary do things that she doesn’t feel like doing. I think that the characters are like me in a way because they like to have fun. I think in a way they are different because they live differently than how the people live today. This book is like the story Stuart Little because it he goes to live with a new family and they are a lot different from him. So both of the stories are similar to each other by their way their story lines go. I would recommend this book to any one who likes to read about people’s changes in life. I would also recommend this to the people that are interested in how people have to move and adapt to new places. I would like to recommend this book to my friends and see if they would like it or dislike it. I also would like to recommend it to most of the people that say reading is boring because it’s a book that will help you to learn that reading is fun if you choose the right book. By Chris

The book I read was called a year down yonder. By Richard peck.

Without a doubt, I admired this book because it was very interesting. I truly believe the title was very mysterious. You did not know what it meant by a year down yonder. You ached to read on to figure out what it meant and why she was there and what happened during her year.

I think the best part of the story is the relationship between her and her grandma. It is weird because at the beginning of the story she was talking about her grandma in a negative way and saying how she is not a welcoming person, and how there was not a hug in her and towards the end they sort of bond and begin to love each other. The plot is basically a city girl trying to get used to country life. In addition, at the beginning of the book she was kind of a stranger to her grandma. I adored this book. I think it is interesting and the most extraordinary book you don’t want to put it down it is the best book I have ever read.

The characters are Royce, Ina Rae, caraleen, the grandma, Mary Alice and her two teachers. Mary Alice is the main character I think I would say she is my favorite character. She is my favorite character because dealing with all the stress from her grandma and everyone thinking she is a rich snobby Chicago girl. It must be surely difficult. I think that the grandma is rude she is always scamming people for money. Her teachers do not play a humungous role but they are kind of boring characters. Ina Rae is kind of Mary Alice’s best friend, is a really mean girl. Royce is a boy that everybody likes I would never think that he would end up like he did. I would certainly recommend this book to all my friends. I would not recommend this book to someone unless they have a lot of time to read. Only because it is such a good book you wont want to put it down. You will want to read for hours. It is such an interesting book I recommend everybody should read it.

by Alyssa