Study Guide

A Year Down Yonder Characters

By Richard Peck

She's a rich girl. Not really. In fact, not at all. But that's the way fifteen-year-old Mary...

Grandma Dowdel is a force to be reckoned with—in fact, she's something of a legend in her...

When Royce McNabb—the tall, handsome stranger—shows up in Mary Alice's class, all the...

Joey Dowdel doesn't show up often in the story, but his absence is a big deal—especially...

It's no surprise that when Grandma Dowdel picks up a boarder at her house, it turns out to be...

Mary Alice's teacher, Miss Butler, is as prim as can be and super professional. That's why Mary...

Joey and Mary Alice's parents don't factor much in A Year Down Yonder because they're largely...

Led by Carleen Lovejoy, the richest and most popular girl in school, almost all of the high...

There's just one girl at school who hangs out with Mary Alice, and that's Ina-Rae Gage, an...