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Joan Bauer
BACkWATER
“Bauer once again provides readers with
an eminently likeable heroine with whom
they will quickly identify. Ivy’s quest to
be herself, not what other people expect
of her, is one that many adolecents
share.”
Rec: BL, C, H, K, SLJ, V
—VOYA
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 224 pp. 2000
978-0-14-240434-8 $7.99
BEST FOOT FORWARD
Jenna Boller, from Rules of the Road,
is back from her life-altering trip to
Texas. She’s got a new job as assistant to
Madeline Gladstone, Director of Quality
Control for Gladstone Shoes, and a
handsome protégé named Tanner Cobb.
“This funny, winsome book is full of
Bauer’s trademark folksy wisdom…it will
be warmly welcomed by her many fans.”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, C, H, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 3/16 192 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240690-8 $7.99
HOPE WAS HERE
When sixteen-year-old Hope and her
aunt move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney,
Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook
in the Welcome Stairways diner, they
become involved with the diner owner’s
political campaign to oust the town’s
corrupt mayor. “It’s Bauer’s humor that
supplies, in Addie’s cooking vernacular,
the yeast that makes the story rise above
the rest, reinforcing the substantive
issues of honesty, humanity, and the importance
of political activism. Serve this
up to teens—with a dash of hope.”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, C, H, K, PW, SLJ, V
Newbery Honor
5 1/2 x 8 3/16 192 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240424-9 $7.99
RULES OF THE ROAD
Jenna Boller, a gawky 5'11" 16-year-old
who stands out in the crowd, for all the
wrong reasons. But soon Jenna joins her
crusty old employer at Gladstone’s Shoe
Store for an eye-opening cross-country
adventure. “A fast and funny tale of one
big-boned (and big-hearted) gal’s summer
of discovery on the road.” —Horn
Book “A remarkable book, presenting
lessons of respect for others, courtesy,
and honesty gently but persistently. Its
messages about values and self-esteem
bring laughter and tears. A sure-fire hit.”
—VOYA
Rec: BG, BL, CLJ, HG, K, LATBR, PW, R, SLJH, V
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 208 pp. 2000
978-0-14-240425-6 $7.99
SQUASHED
As sixteen-year-old Ellie pursues her two
goals—growing the biggest pumpkin in
Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself—she
strengthens her relationship
with her father and meets a young man
with interests similar to her own. This
laugh-out-loud story is a delight...Ellie
proves herself an all-around winner.
—School Library JournalH
Rec: PW, SLJH
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 208 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240426-3 $7.99
STAND TALL
Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelveyear-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. “Bauer once again creates
a clan of believable characters scrambling
to make the best of their particular brand
of dysfunction. Her swiftly paced story
artfully blends poignant and outright
funny moments, resulting in a triumphant
tale that will resonate with many
young readers.” —Publishers Weekly
Rec: BL, C, H, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 192 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240427-0 $7.99
STICkS
“Ten-year-old Mickey Vernon wants to
win the Pool Hall Youth Championship
more than anything, but his chances of
beating the competition—obnoxious
13-year-old Buck Pender—are slim until
Joseph Alvarez, an old friend of the
family, comes back to town and agrees
to be Mickey’s pool coach… “Good
characters, humor, and an engaging plot
make this a solid piece of middle-grade
fiction.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, K, PW, SLJ
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 192 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240428-7 $7.99
THWONk
“This silly, offbeat novel warns all readers:
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH
FOR!…Like Ellie in Bauer’s Squashed,
A.J. is a witty, intelligent protagonist
whose fresh perceptions of her peers
keep readers chuckling…Thwonk revels
in the vagaries, insecurities, and uncomfortable
realities of teen love.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ
5 1/2 x 8 3/16 224 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240429-4 $7.99
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Ages 12 & up • Young Adult Reads