A Year Down Yonder (Newbery Medal Book)《背井离乡的365天》(2001年纽伯瑞金奖小说 ISBN9780142300701)

1937年，由于受美国经济大萧条的影响，玛丽·艾丽斯的父亲失业了，她不得不离开生活了多年的大城市芝加哥，去奶奶居住的小镇读书。
在小镇生活的一年中，玛丽目睹奶奶干了许多冒险的事：为了参加学校举行的万圣节晚会，她偷来山核桃和南瓜做成馅饼，拿去让大家分享；在停战纪念日那天，她逼富人拿出钱来，救助在战争中受伤的青年；在寒冷的夜晚，她穿过白雪皑皑的田野，去设下陷阱套狐狸换取零花钱……
开始，玛丽感到这一切都是那么的怪异和不可思议。随着时间的流逝，玛丽渐渐理解了奶奶，她学得性格刚强的奶奶心地善良，愿意尽力帮助穷人。她也从奶奶那儿学到了许多生活的技能。
回到芝加哥后，玛丽无法忘记在小镇与奶奶共同度过的365个日日夜夜。在她举行婚礼的那天，她终于又回到了奶奶身边。

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.