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Soar

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698159945

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Newbery Honor–winner Joan Bauer's newest protagonist always sees the positive side of any situation—and readers will cheer him on! Jeremiah is the world’s biggest baseball fan. He really loves baseball and he knows just about everything there is to know about his favorite sport. So when he’s told he can’t play baseball following an operation on his heart, Jeremiah decides he’ll do the next best thing and become a coach. Hillcrest, where Jeremiah and his father Walt have just moved, is a town known for its championship baseball team. But Jeremiah finds the town caught up in a scandal and about ready to give up on baseball. It’s up to Jeremiah and his can-do spirit to get the town – and the team – back in the game. Full of humor, heart, and baseball lore, Soar is Joan Bauer at her best.

Hope Was Here

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101657874

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Readers fell in love with teenage waitress Hope Yancey when Joan Bauer’s Newbery Honor–winning novel was published ten years ago. Now, with a terrific new jacket and note from the author, Hope’s story will inspire a new group of teen readers.

Tell Me

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698159921

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The unofficial town motto is "Nothing bad ever happens in Rosemont" where twelve-year-old Anna has come to stay with her grandmother, Mim, hoping to forget her worries about her parents' troubled marriage. She'll be busy with the town's annual Flower Festival, a celebration with floats and bands that requires weeks of preparations. But before long, Anna finds herself involved in a very big problem. When she observes a girl her own age who seems to be being held against her will, Anna can't forget the girl's frightened eyes and she is determined to investigate. "When you see something, say something" she's been told—but what good does it do to speak if no one will listen? Luckily, a take-charge girl like Anna is not going to give up. Told with Joan Bauer's trademark mixture of humor and heart, Tell Me will enthrall her many fans and win her new ones.

Close to Famous

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101513163

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Foster McFee dreams of having her own cooking show like her idol, celebrity chef Sonny Kroll. Macon Dillard's goal is to be a documentary filmmaker. Foster's mother Rayka longs to be a headliner instead of a back-up singer. And Miss Charleena plans a triumphant return to Hollywood. Everyone has a dream, but nobody is even close to famous in the little town of Culpepper. Until some unexpected events shake the town and its inhabitants-and put their big ambitions to the test. Full of humor, unforgettable characters, surprises, and lots and lots of heart, this is Joan Bauer at her most engaging.

Almost Home

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101591925

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Newbery Honor winner Joan Bauer's new novel will touch your heart When twelve-year-old Sugar's grandfather dies and her gambling father takes off yet again, Sugar and her mother lose their home in Missouri. They head to Chicago for a fresh start, only to discover that fresh starts aren't so easy to come by for the homeless. Nevertheless, Sugar's mother has taught her to be grateful no matter what, so Sugar does her best. With the help of a rescue dog, Shush; a foster family; a supportive teacher; a love of poetry; and her own grace and good humor, Sugar comes to understand that while she can't control the hand life deals her, she can control how she responds.

Stand Tall

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101657904

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Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.

Rules of the Road

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101657881

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Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone's Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5'11'' at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd for all the wrong reasons. But that doesn't stop Madeline Gladstone, the president of Gladstone's Shoes 176 outlets in 37 states, from hiring Jenna to drive her cross country in a last ditch effort to stop Elden Gladstone from taking over his mother's company and turning a quality business into a shop-and-schlock empire. Now Jenna Boller shoe salesperson is about to become a shoe-store spy as she joins her crusty old employer for an eye-opening adventure that will teach them both the rules of the road...and the rules of life. Joan Bauer lives in Darien, CT.

Peeled

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101652268

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Something?s rotten in the heart of apple country! Hildy Biddle dreams of being a journalist. A reporter for her high school newspaper, The Core, she?s just waiting for a chance to prove herself. Not content to just cover school issues, Hildy?s drawn to the town?s big story?the haunted old Ludlow house. On the surface, Banesville, USA, seems like such a happy place, but lately, eerie happenings and ghostly sightings are making Hildy take a deeper look. Her efforts to find out who is really haunting Banesville isn?t making her popular, and she starts wondering if she?s cut out to be a journalist after all. But she refuses to give up, because, hopefully, the truth will set a few ghosts free. Peeled is classic Joan Bauer, featuring a strong heroine, and filled with her trademark witty dialogue, and problems and people worth standing up to.

Squashed

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101657898

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Humor, agriculture and young love all come together in Joan Bauer's first novel, set in rural Iowa. Sixteen-year-old Ellie Morgan's life would be almost perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on about 200 more pounds--and if she could take off 20 herself...in hopes of attracting Wes, the new boy in town. Ninth Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding First Young Adult Novel.

Thwonk

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101657911

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Imagine having a personal cupid--an actual winged being--pop into your life and offer to make your dreams come true. The catch is he can help you in only one way: artistically, academically, or romantically. That's what happens to aspiring photographer Allison Jean (A. J.) McCreary. A. J. knows she should concentrate on getting into a top-notch art school. But she's spent five torturous months obsessed with handsome hunk, Peter Terris. Just one shot from the cupid's bow and thownk, A. J. will have the undying devotion of handsome Peter...forever.

Raising Lumie

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593113219

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A poignant, hopeful story of a girl and her puppy from Newbery Honor-winning author Joan Bauer, now in paperback! Olive Hudson desperately wants a dog. But that doesn't seem to be a possibility right now. Newly orphaned, she's moving in with the half sister she hardly knows and their life is too chaotic to include a dog. But then something wonderful happens: Olive gets a chance to raise Lumie, a guide dog puppy. Discipline. Rules. Lots of hugs. Only the best of the best puppies continue on to become guide dogs, and of course Olive wants Lumie to be chosen. But if she is, that means that Olive will lose her. Once again, the incomparable Joan Bauer tells a touching story that is full of heart and warmth and unabashed idealism.

Sticks

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101657928

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With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best friend—a math whiz—Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, despite his mother's reservations.

Best Foot Forward

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0142406902

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The must-read sequel to the beloved Rules of the Road, from award-winning author Joan Bauer. Jenna Boller is dripping with newfound maturity after her life-altering summer on the road. She has a job she loves at Gladstone Shoes, a best friend who makes her laugh, and a dysfunctional family she's learning how to handle. Jenna feels ready for anything—until Tanner Cobb, a guy with a past, a police record, and dangerously good looks, walks into her life. Suddenly Jenna's surrounded by crises, including a shoe empire on the verge of crumbling. Tanner's street smarts seem to be what Jenna needs, but can she trust him enough when the going gets tough?

Backwater

Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0756957796

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Backwater by Joan Bauer Pdf

Ivy Breedlove sets out on the journey of a lifetime to find the missing link in the Breedlove family.

Joan Bauer

Author : Alleen Pace Nilsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313343100

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Joan Bauer by Alleen Pace Nilsen Pdf

Joan Bauer is one of the most popular young adult novelists today. She is well-respected not only by her readers, but also by librarians and critics, having won a Newbery Honor for Hope Was Here (2001), among other awards. Drawing on personal experiences with divorce and family alcoholism, Bauer has her seemingly ordinary teenage characters face situations that test, and prove, their maturity and confidence. Following an introduction to Bauer's work, and a biographical chapter, this volume examines each novel by breaking it down into sections on plot, characterization, setting, and themes. Readers consulting this book for research, or for deeper analysis of a favorite novel, will find this a complete resource.