A Year Down Yonder Quotes

Richard Peck
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A Year Down Yonder Quotes

Richard Peck
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"I had to go down to live with Grandma Dowdel, till we could get on our feet as a family again. It meant I'd have to leave my school. I'd have to enroll in the hick-town school where Grandma lived. Me. a city girl, in a town that didn't even have a picture show."
Prologue, p. 2


"The recession of thirty-seven had hit Grandma's town harder than it had hit Chicago. Grass grew in the main street. Only a face or two showed in the window of the The Coffee Pot Cafe. Moore's Store was hurting for trade. Weidenbach's bank looked to be just barely in business."
Rich Chicago Girl, p. 6


"At last [Grandma] said, 'Them Burdicks isn't worth the powder and shot to blow them up. They're like a pack of hound dogs. They'll chase livestock, suck eggs, and lick the skillet. And steal? They'd steal a hot...

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