Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440672725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner Richard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature. "Hilarious and poignant." —Publishers Weekly, starred review A Newbery Medal Winner A New York Times Bestseller An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Year Down Yonder
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440672725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner Richard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature. "Hilarious and poignant." —Publishers Weekly, starred review A Newbery Medal Winner A New York Times Bestseller An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440672725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner Richard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature. "Hilarious and poignant." —Publishers Weekly, starred review A Newbery Medal Winner A New York Times Bestseller An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Yonder
Author: Jabari Asim
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982163178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-nineteenth century"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982163178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-nineteenth century"--
Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation
Author: Michael Wallis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A deeply sympathetic, colorful evocation of life on the American prairies In Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation—a title inspired by the lyrics of Woody Guthrie—best-selling author Michael Wallis creates a brilliant tableau of America’s heartland. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this collection of sixteen essays reflects the finest examples of Wallis’s writing and harkens back to a time before fast food and malls replaced family-owned diners along Route 66. From tales of the notorious Oklahoma panhandle, where “the only law was the colt and the carbine,” to the fate of Woody Guthrie’s mother Nora, who, burdened by depression, set fire to her kids and spent the last years of her life in an asylum, Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation brings to life some of Oklahoma’s most memorable characters—the famous and infamous, the ordinary and down-home. “Enclosed within the covers of this book are some of my favorite spoonfuls of Oklahoma,” says Wallis. The result is a quintessential American book—a crazy quilt of stories and a powerful portrait of Okie identity.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A deeply sympathetic, colorful evocation of life on the American prairies In Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation—a title inspired by the lyrics of Woody Guthrie—best-selling author Michael Wallis creates a brilliant tableau of America’s heartland. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this collection of sixteen essays reflects the finest examples of Wallis’s writing and harkens back to a time before fast food and malls replaced family-owned diners along Route 66. From tales of the notorious Oklahoma panhandle, where “the only law was the colt and the carbine,” to the fate of Woody Guthrie’s mother Nora, who, burdened by depression, set fire to her kids and spent the last years of her life in an asylum, Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation brings to life some of Oklahoma’s most memorable characters—the famous and infamous, the ordinary and down-home. “Enclosed within the covers of this book are some of my favorite spoonfuls of Oklahoma,” says Wallis. The result is a quintessential American book—a crazy quilt of stories and a powerful portrait of Okie identity.
The Drop Edge of Yonder
Author: Rudolph Wurlitzer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937512613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Drop Edge of Yonder begins in the mountains of Colorado and ends in the far reaches of the Northwest, a journey that includes the beginnings of a Mexican revolution, a voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to Panama, and up the coast of California to San Francisco and the gold fields. Along the trail, Zebulon becomes involved in a series of tragic love triangles, witnesses the death of his mother and father, and confronts the age-old questions of life, love, and death.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937512613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Drop Edge of Yonder begins in the mountains of Colorado and ends in the far reaches of the Northwest, a journey that includes the beginnings of a Mexican revolution, a voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to Panama, and up the coast of California to San Francisco and the gold fields. Along the trail, Zebulon becomes involved in a series of tragic love triangles, witnesses the death of his mother and father, and confronts the age-old questions of life, love, and death.
A Long Way From Chicago
Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0141303522
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0141303522
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Yonder
Author: Tony Johnston
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN: 9781586851804
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tony Johnston majored in history at Stanford University, and is the author of many books, including Desert Dog and Desert Song. Born in Los Angeles, she now resides in San Marino, California. Illustrator Lloyd Bloom holds a master's degree in fine arts from Indiana University. An illustrator and painter, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN: 9781586851804
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tony Johnston majored in history at Stanford University, and is the author of many books, including Desert Dog and Desert Song. Born in Los Angeles, she now resides in San Marino, California. Illustrator Lloyd Bloom holds a master's degree in fine arts from Indiana University. An illustrator and painter, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Back Yonder
Author: Charles Wayman Hogue
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557286981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Originally released in 1932, Wayman Hogue's Back Yonder is a rare and entertaining memoir of life in rural Arkansas during the decades follow- ing the Civil War. Using family legends, personal memories, and events from Arkansas history, Hogue, like his contemporary Laura Ingalls Wilder, creatively weaves a narrative of a family making its way in rug- ged, impoverished, and sometimes violent places. From one-room schoolhouses to moonshiners, the details in Hogue's story capture the essence of a particular time and place, even as the characters reflect a universal quality that endears them to the mod- ern reader. This reissue of Back Yonder, the first in the Chronicles of the Ozarks series, features an introduction by historian Brooks Blevins that explores the life of Charles Wayman Hogue, analyzes the people and events that inspired the book, and places the volume in the context of America's discovery of the Ozarks in the years between the World Wars.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557286981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Originally released in 1932, Wayman Hogue's Back Yonder is a rare and entertaining memoir of life in rural Arkansas during the decades follow- ing the Civil War. Using family legends, personal memories, and events from Arkansas history, Hogue, like his contemporary Laura Ingalls Wilder, creatively weaves a narrative of a family making its way in rug- ged, impoverished, and sometimes violent places. From one-room schoolhouses to moonshiners, the details in Hogue's story capture the essence of a particular time and place, even as the characters reflect a universal quality that endears them to the mod- ern reader. This reissue of Back Yonder, the first in the Chronicles of the Ozarks series, features an introduction by historian Brooks Blevins that explores the life of Charles Wayman Hogue, analyzes the people and events that inspired the book, and places the volume in the context of America's discovery of the Ozarks in the years between the World Wars.
Yonder
Author: John Hylan Heminway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An acclaimed travel writer presents a personal memoir and a vivid portrait of Montana's West Boulder valley, its people and its history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An acclaimed travel writer presents a personal memoir and a vivid portrait of Montana's West Boulder valley, its people and its history.
Yonder Stands Your Orphan
Author: Barry Hannah
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Man Mortimer, "a pimp and casino playboy who resembles dead country singer Conway Twitty", seeks revenge against a small Mississippi community.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Man Mortimer, "a pimp and casino playboy who resembles dead country singer Conway Twitty", seeks revenge against a small Mississippi community.
Yonder Mountain
Author: Jean L. Bushyhead
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN: 9780761451136
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Cherokee chief chooses his successor by asking three candidates to climb a mountain, thus testing their character and strength.
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN: 9780761451136
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Cherokee chief chooses his successor by asking three candidates to climb a mountain, thus testing their character and strength.