A Year Down Yonder Jilly Gagnon would go to the ends

would go to the ends of the continent for Arwen Valondale

A renowned dryadologist

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

forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their child’s birth

Boston Globe

A Year Down Yonder Jilly Gagnon would go to the endsWinner 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